Fisheries Authority Condemns Kidnapping of Fishermen by US-Saudi Aggression

 The General Authority for Fisheries in the Red Sea condemned the crime of kidnapping a number of fishermen by the US-Saudi aggression. The Authority stated in a statement that the US-Saudi aggression had kidnapped a number of fishermen and confiscated their boats, while they were practicing the fishing profession in the Red Sea coasts in the Buhais area of Midi district, Hajjah governorate.

The statement appealed to the UN, humanitarian and human rights organizations to play their role and held their responsibilities towards these criminal acts against fishermen, and to work to protect them from piracy and its Saudi-backed militants.

The General Authority for Fisheries held the UN and its organizations responsible for the continuous silence towards these criminal practices that increase the suffering of the fishermen.

Saudi Arabia and many of its allies have been waging a war on Yemen since 2015 to restore power to the country’s Riyadh-friendly former officials. The war and a simultaneous siege that the US-Saudi-led coalition has been enforcing on the country has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis.

The invasion has pushed entire Yemen close to the brink of outright famine, turning the country into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Coastal communities in Yemen have suffered greatly in the ongoing bloody war. Fishing boats, ports and processing sites have been destroyed or damaged, and many fishermen have lost their lives.

The US-Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes which hit fishing boats and markets, and mines were laid in the sea making the waters treacherous. To make matters worse, the exacerbation of piracy and attacks by the Eritrean authorities and the aggression forces against fishermen on the Yemeni coasts.