Amnesty International Calls for Protection of Thousands Displaced after Yemeni Assault on Suspected Militants
(Washington, D.C.)--Amnesty International has today urged the Yemeni authorities to take urgent measures to protect thousands of people displaced during a military operation against suspected Al-Qaeda militants in the town of al-Hutah. “Whatever the nature of the ongoing operations, the Yemeni authorities must ensure as a matter of urgency that what amounts to a shocking number of people displaced in the space of a few days are adequately provided for,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa. The Yemen Red Crescent Society has