UN's representative in Yemen says bombing of populated areas is against law

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But is anyone listening?

Yemen conflict: Civilians 'struggle to flee' Saada strikes

Civilians in the city of Saada in northern Yemen are struggling to flee Saudi-led coalition air strikes targeting Houthi rebels, reports and aid workers say.

Teresa Sancristoval, of medical charity MSF, said fuel shortages meant many people were having to travel by foot.

The UN's representative in Yemen says the indiscriminate bombing of populated areas is against international law.
Air strikes have killed at least 1,400, more than half civilians, the UN says.

Saudi Arabia says the offensive is to restore Yemen's exiled president to power, weeks after the Shia Houthi rebels - backed by forces loyal to Yemen's former president - took over the capital Sanaa.

Full Article:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32677260

And does anyone remember that the current "president in exile" of Yemen was the vice president of the previous dictator who became president in an election where he unopposed ?]

[JonLP24]

1. Nobody will listen

There is a chance with Yemen receiving attention but so much destruction & chaos going on with cries for help being ignored.

Can't even rely on Peacekeepers

Video shows Rwandan peacekeepers shooting protesters in Mali - sources

Secret footage shows a Rwandan policeman in the blue helmet of a United Nations peacekeeper in Mali earlier this year carefully take aim at a civilian protester, squeeze the trigger and shoot, according to sources who saw the video.

The videotape, taken by a Chinese U.N. peacekeeper who was also at the scene of the violent demonstration, was part of the evidence presented in a U.N. inquiry into the incident which resulted in the Rwandan contingent going home.

Three sources said they had seen the video of the Jan. 27 demonstration in Gao, part an unstable region of northern Mali, occupied in 2012 by separatist Tuareg rebels and al Qaeda-linked Islamists before a 2013 French intervention.

The video was not mentioned when the United Nations announced the inquiry's overall conclusions last month, which found that members of a U.N. police unit "used unauthorized and excessive force" that killed three protesters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/05/us-mali-violence-un-idUSKBN0NQ2EA20150505

That's not all

France launches criminal inquiry into alleged sex abuse by peacekeepers

French prosecutors have ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that French peacekeeping soldiers raped children and demanded sex for food in the Central African Republic.

The decision follows revelations in the Guardian more than a week ago that a senior United Nations official had been suspended for leaking details of the alleged abuse to the French government.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Thursday it had decided to launch criminal proceedings after receiving a reply to its request for information from the UN about the accusations of sexual abuse by French soldiers serving with the peacekeeping operation Sangaris.

It said the investigation concerned “the rape of minors under 15 years old by persons who had abused the authority conferred upon them by their roles, and complicity in this crime”.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/07/france-criminal-inquiry-alleged-sex-abuse-french-soldiers-un-central-african-republic

Mali, Central Africa Republic(countries that are oppressing minority Muslim populations), Sudan, & hell for that matter Yemen are countries under genocide watch.

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2. Very depressing. Still thanks for the additional information. /nt