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May 30th, 2015 
David Schulberg
According to the reports, in a letter sent to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the UK-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and some fifty other organizations warned of the human catastrophe and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen.
The organizations urged the UN chief to use his influence and put pressure on the Saudi monarchy to end its ongoing military aggression against Yemen.
More than two months of the Saudi airstrikes have caused severe shortages in basic necessities and nine million people remain in dire need of immediate assistance across Yemen, the letter said.
Meanwhile, Lena Mohamed, with the IHRC, said that the world organizations and international community must urgently address the crisis, which were the direct result of the Saudi attacks.
“The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is really dire at the moment. Nine million people are suffering real trauma there and they need aid urgently. We also know the hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced around the country, and also there are so many people trying to leave because of the situation, because of the bombardment,” she said.
“Now Saudi Arabia clearly isn’t complying with the understanding of human rights by bombarding Yemen despite the international outcry. So it is clearly hypocritical and Ban Ki-Moon, as the secretary general, needs to address that,” she added.
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