e-1201 (Republic of Yemen)
- Keywords
- Foreign policy
- Humanitarian assistance and workers
- Peacekeeping and peacemaking
- Republic of Yemen
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The citizens of the Republic of Yemen are suffering from a series of humanitarian disasters, triggered by a violent war that began in 2015. The loss of life, health, and safety is heart-breaking. The situation has been called "Syria without the cameras.";
- Over 10,000 civilians have been killed;
- Over 42,000 have been injured;
- Over 3 million people have been internally displaced;
- Over 14 million people are facing famine and malnutrition;
- The country is being bombed by a Saudi Arabia-lead Arab coalition, which has routinely struck civilian targets; striking hospitals (such as the Haydan Hospital on October 26, 2015, the Shiara Hospital on January 10, 2016, and the Abs hospital on August 15, 2016), a funeral (on October 8, 2016, killing over 140 people), and a school (on April 7, 2015, injuring children);
- Over 400,000 people are suffering from cholera, a treatable disease. It is the worst cholera outbreak on record; and
- Meanwhile, the Saudi-lead coalition is imposing an effective blockade on the country, with life-saving supplies of food, medication and fuel often delayed for months. United Nations aid workers were prevented from entering Yemen on July 18, 2017.
- Open for signature
- August 14, 2017, at 3:08 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- December 12, 2017, at 3:08 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Peter Julian
(New Westminster—Burnaby)
May 13, 2019 (Petition No. 421-03735) - Government response tabled
- August 21, 2019