Thousands of IDPs in Sa`ada

What is affected

Water, sanitation and elictricity

Type of violation

Forced eviction

Date

11 August 2008

Region

MENA [ Middle East/North Africa ]

Country

Yemen

Location

Sa`ada

Affected persons

	Total 15
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	Indigenous
	IDPs

Proposed solution

Stop eviction. Authorities provide reparation for those dispossessed, injured and killed.

Details

YEMEN IDPs suffer difficult conditions.doc
COHRE CERD rpt on roma in italy.pdf

Development

Forced eviction

Costs

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	USA and UN

Brief narrative

The ICRC reported on 8 August that over 15,500 out of a total of 60,000 IDPs in the six IDP camps in and around Sa`ada city, were living in difficult conditions after having been displaced during fighting that started in May 2008.

The figures were based on a field assessment by ICRC teams in Sa`ada Governorate.

Costs

€ 0

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