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| Eritrean forces attack Yemeni fishermen, causing major condemnation |
| 2023-06-17 |
| [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Ministry of Fisheries denounced the attack on a number of Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i fishermen by the Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... n forces during a fishing trip in Yemeni territorial waters. The ministry said in a statement, Thursday, that the fisherman, Malik Muhammad Abdullah Jerd, from the al-Khawkhah district in Hodeidah, was maimed, while his six companions were forcibly detained in Eritrean prisons. The Ministry affirmed that this attack and the crimes of Eritrean forces and its blatant attacks against Yemeni fishermen constitute a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law, calling on the international community and human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... organizations to take action to stop these ongoing crimes against Yemeni fishermen. The Ministry praised the Yemeni fishermen’s pride in their profession, and their reliance on it to provide food for their families in light of the aggression and blockade, calling on the Eritrean side to stop its violations against fishermen and respect the maritime interests in international waters. The Ministry of Fisheries called on the international community to take a clear and frank stance to hold the Eritrean authorities accountable for their aggressive actions against fishermen in the territorial waters, stressing that Yemen will strongly defend its people and protect its territorial waters. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 No mention is made of the actual location of the event. This struggle over fishing rights is now thirty years along. The Hanish Islands dispute was resoved to favor Yemen, but it may well be that Yemini fishermen are poaching in Eritrean waters. |
| Posted by: Tarzan Grolump8219 2023-06-17 07:52 |