Iran Press/Middle East: Demonstrators holding signs and placards chanted outside the embassy, with many calling on the United Nations and other world bodies to stop the massacring of the Yemeni people.
The demonstrators condemned the continuation of the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen, and deplored the international silence on the tragic humanitarian situation there, Iran Press reported.
The Saudi war has seriously impacted the lives of over seven million children in Yemen, who now face a real threat of famine, according to UNICEF figures. Over 6,000 children have either been killed or sustained serious injuries since 2015, UN children’s agency said. The humanitarian situation in the country has also been exacerbated by outbreaks of cholera, polio, and measles.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched the devastating campaign on 26 March 2015, with the aim of bringing a former government to power and crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement. Riyadh has failed to fulfil its objectives despite four years of relentless war.
Saudi Arabia has one of the highest death penalty rates in the world. It carried out one of its largest mass executions in January 2016 when 47 people were put to death, including prominent Shia leader Sheikh Nimr Bagher al-Nimr, who was an outspoken critic of the Riyadh regime.
Saudi Arabia recently beheaded 37 people in the Kingdom’s largest mass execution, stirring anger both regionally and internationally.
The execution of 37 people convicted on “terrorism” charges marks an alarming escalation in Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty, said Amnesty International. Among those put to death was a young man who was convicted of a crime that took place while he was under the age of 18.
According to Amnesty, at least 104 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year. In 2018, the Persian Gulf state carried out 149 executions.
Since Prince Mohammed bin Salman first emerged onto the kingdom's political scene in 2015, he has overseen an intensified crackdown on dissent. 101/211/202
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