A Stand in front of the United Nations Building in Sana’a Warns of an Imminent Interruption of Communications ,Internet Services as a Result of Running out of Fuel
- Quting from almasirah,the continued detention of fuel ships portends an imminent interruption of telecommunications and Internet services for millions of civilians, which will affect the basic service sectors, said the telecommunications and postal sector and companies.
The telecommunications and postal companies’ remarks came during a protest sit-in in the capital, Sana’a, in front of the United Nations office on Sunday, regarding the ban and preventing the entry of fuel ships.
The telecommunications and postal companies confirmed in a statement that they are facing a severe shortage of oil due to the intransigence of the US-Saudi-Emirati coalition.
The statement stressed that the continued detention of fuel ships portends an imminent interruption of telecommunications and Internet services for millions of civilians and the impact on the basic service sectors.
The telecommunications and postal sector and companies strongly condemned the continued aggression, perpetrating all forms of crimes and its repeated aggression against civil telecommunications facilities and towers. It stressed that the blockade is a war crime against all the Yemeni people and a flagrant violation of all international laws and human rights charters.
It held the Saudi-led aggression fully responsible for all the infrastructure bombing and destruction of networks, towers, centrals, stations and service offices.
It also held the countries involved in aggression responsible for the piracy of fuel ships and preventing the arrival of their supplies necessary for the operation and continuation of communications services.
The telecommunications and postal sector and companies called on organizations, the international community, unions, and human rights bodies, to assume their legal, humanitarian and moral responsibility.
It called on the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union and relevant international organizations to intervene immediately in order to lift the ban on communications equipment and systems for civil use.
Saudi Arabia, backed by the United States and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power.
The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.
A fuel crisis afflicts all Yemeni governorates, as a result of the practices and procedures of the Saudi-Emirati coalition and the pro-aggression government.The coalition of aggression continues to piracy, detaining fuel ships, and preventing them