Rights groups demand UN probe 🔍 into Yemen 🇾🇪 abuses

Fifty-seven rights groups from around the world on Tuesday demanded a United Nations inquiry into abuses in Yemen 🇾🇪, where an escalating conflict has killed thousands and fueled a humanitarian crisis.

Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, has been wracked by violence ⚔ since Houthi rebels and their allies seized vast tracts of territory, including the capital, Sanaa.

HRW said in a statement that the Saudi-led coalition had conducted scores of "unlawful air strikes, some of which may amount to war crimes that have killed thousands of civilians and hit schools, hospitals, markets and homes".

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Lynn Maalouf, Middle East research director at Amnesty International, which also signed the letter ✉️, said human rights groups operating in Yemen have been documenting 📋 abuses from all sides of the conflict since March 2015.

"This makes it all the more urgent for member states at the Human Rights Council when they meet next week in Geneva to heed the calls of our organisations for an independent, international and impartial investigative body."

UCJ, UNILORIN.