Okeil: The crimes of the Houthis rebels are incompatible with all humanitarian values and principles, and they must be classified as international terrorism
Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights condemned the terrorist attack carried out by the Houthi militia yesterday, Monday, which targeted civilian facilities in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, claiming the lives of 3 people and causing the injury of 6 others.
Abu Dhabi Police had announced that the attack on ICAD 3, Mussafah, near ADNOC's storage tanks resulted has claimed the life of one Pakistani and two Indian nationals, and left 6 others, with moderate to minor injuries.
Maat confirms that the terrorist attack against civilian facilities in Abu Dhabi, led by the bombing of Mussafah and an airport, violates all international conventions and charters as well as the international humanitarian law that criminalizes attacks on civilian objects in accordance with Article 48 of Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the International Humanitarian Law, which prohibits attacks on civilian persons and objects.
Maat calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold a special session to discuss the violations committed by the Houthi militia, especially in light of the Houthis ongoing escalation of their attacks on neighboring countries, which poses a threat to security, peace and stability in the region. Thus, Maat urges the international community to take all necessary measures to stop these attacks.
For his part, Ayman Okeil, the international human rights expert and president of Maat, condemned the Houthi terrorist attack on UAE that aims to destabilize the region as a whole, which is inconsistent with all humanitarian values and principles, and represents a clear infringe upon the right to life, a basic human right guaranteed by all charters and International agreements..
Okeil calls on the international community to take immediate and decisive measures to put an end to such aggressive acts, and called for the need to classify the Houthi militia as international terrorism for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, whether inside Yemen or neighboring countries.
Okeil affirmed the international collective responsibility in confronting terrorist crimes, and the importance of sincere international solidarity in combating and clearly condemning these grave violations, and adopting a more effective strategy in confronting terrorism wherever it occurs, drying up its sources, and punishing the countries supporting it.
