International campaign to lift siege on Yemen launched

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Activists, human rights activists, and media professionals around the world launched a wide international campaign on social media demanding ending the siege on Yemen, the country plunged into the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

The greatest catastrophe in Yemen ignored.
Media, leaders remained silent on this shameful war crime.
Children cannot find food to eat because of blockade by the US, Saudi, UK, Emirati coalition.#YemenCantWait #EndTheSiegeOnYemen pic.twitter.com/a5GQwP9dXR

— karim alshami (@karimshami1) March 12, 2022

The campaign was launched under the title "End the Siege on Yemen" with the aim of shedding light on the forgotten suffering of the Yemeni people as a result of the blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition on the country and mobilizing efforts to end it right now.

Did you know #Yemen is now world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. So much suffering. We need your support to stop the US-UK-UAE-Saudi-led coalition war and end the siege#ارفعوا_الحصار_عن_اليمن#EndTheSiegeOnYemen#YemenCantWait pic.twitter.com/w1tCPbL71b

— Ahmed Jahaf احمد جحاف (@A7medJa7af) March 13, 2022

Many activists interacted with the campaign on Twitter under the hashtag #EndTheSiegeOnYemen.

Yemen is living under tragic humanitarian conditions at all levels due to the arbitrary siege imposed on the country by the Saudi-led coalition.

The US-Saudi aggression warplanes target homes, farms and property of citizens in Al-Rimi and Al-Khamis neighborhoods in the city of #Saada with cluster bombs#YEMEN #ارفعوا_الحصار_عن_اليمن#EndTheSiegeOnYemen & #StopTheWarOnYemen #YemenGenocide #YemenCantWait #StandWithYemen pic.twitter.com/SePBU5KtXU

— Bin Ghaleb (@GhalebM0nz1i7) March 13, 2022

On his part, Member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, tweeted, "In the name of the oppressed Yemeni people, we extend our great thanks to the activists from the Arab brethren and friends in the world who launched a campaign to end the unjust siege on Yemen, and we call on our people to interact with it on various social media platforms under the hashtag #EndTheSiegeOnYemen," both in Arabic and English.

باسم ابناء الشعب اليمني المظلوم نتوجه بالشكر الكبير للناشطين من الاشقاء العرب والاصدقاء في العالم الذين اطلقوا حملة لرفع الحصار الظالم على اليمن وندعو شعبنا للتفاعل معهابمختلف منصات التواصل عبر المعرف الموحد@EndTheSiegeOnYE

والتفاعل ع#ارفعوا_الحصار_عن_اليمن#EndTheSiegeOnYemen pic.twitter.com/E56VZHSsIE

— محمد علي الحوثي (@Moh_Alhouthi) March 13, 2022

Moreover, the Minister of Information in the Sanaa government, Daifallah Al-Shami expressed his "thanks, appreciation, and gratitude to the free voices from all over the world who feel the suffering of our Yemeni people who will not forget these sincere stances and will reciprocate loyalty. The campaign of #EndTheSiegeOnYemen. A voice in the world of deadly silence."

الشكر والتقدير والعرفان للأصوات الحرة من جميع أنحاء العالم الذين يستشعرون معاناة شعبنا اليمني، وهذا الشعب لن ينسى هذه المواقف الصادقة وسيبادل الوفاء بالوفاء.
حملة #ارفعوا_الحصار_عن_اليمن #EndTheSiegeOnYemen
صوت في عالم الصمت القاتل، وانتصار لمظلومية شعب .@EndTheSiegeOnYe

— ضيف الله الشامي (@DhaifAlShami650) March 13, 2022

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Earlier today, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlighted that Yemeni children are the “first and most to suffer” from the war on Yemen.

UNICEF reported that at least 10,000 minors were killed or injured and 400,000 were malnourished since the Saudi-led coalition launched its aggression against Yemen in 2015.

Philippe Duamelle, the UNICEF representative to Yemen, pointed out that “just over the first two months of this year, 47 children were reportedly killed or maimed in several locations" across the country.

In total, "the UN verified that more than 10,200 children have been killed or injured" since the beginning of the war on Yemen, Duamelle indicated.

He confirmed that "the actual number is likely much higher.”