To: Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, President of Yemen, Dr. Ahmed Awad Binmubarak, Yemen's Ambassador to the U.S., and Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the U.S.
Saudi Arabia: Stop blocking fuel to Yemen!
Yemeni civilians are experiencing life-threatening fuel shortages.
Saudi Arabia and its military allies in Yemen must stop blocking fuel to the Yemeni people.
Why is this important?
In Yemen’s brutal civil war, Saudi Arabia’s dictatorship has used U.S. weapons to bomb and kill thousands of civilians. The Yemeni faction backed by the Saudi dictatorship is now blocking fuel transport ships from delivering their cargo to Yemeni society.
As a result, new fuel shortages are threatening even more Yemeni lives.
The Saudi-backed faction in Yemen is requiring exorbitant amounts of money as taxes before this fuel can be delivered. As a result, the cost of fuel in Yemen has doubled since September 2019. Multiple ships have been blocked from delivering their fuel.
Without fuel, life is now even more miserable for Yemeni civilians. The problems now include:
- New food and medicine shortages.
- Fuel shortages for hospital generators.
- Unprocessed sewage amidst a cholera epidemic.
- Garbage that isn’t taken to landfills.
- More unemployment for people desperate to work.
The Saudi dictatorship and its allies in Yemen must stop blocking the delivery of fuel and end their exorbitant taxes on fuel imports to Yemen. The rival Houthi faction has also contributed to the humanitarian crisis, but this fuel tax was specifically created by the Saudi-backed government in Yemen.
Yemeni people are facing a humanitarian catastrophe. Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-backed faction in Yemen must cancel the new fuel tax. Saudi Arabia and its military allies must end their horrible attacks on civilians in Yemen.
Let the Yemeni people live.
-- SOURCES --
“Cabinet Decree No. 49 of 2019 was successfully implemented,” Economic Committee of Yemen, September 13, 2019.
https://ecyemen.com/announcements/1830/
“Lines as far as the eye can see: new fuel shortage hits Yemen,” Reuters, September 29, 2019.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-economy-fuel/lines-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see-new-fuel-shortage-hits-yemen-idUSKBN1WE0BF
“Yemen fuel shortage: health concerns rise as rubbish piles up,” Al Jazeera, October 9, 2019.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/yemen-fuel-shortage-health-concerns-rise-rubbish-piles-191009061650943.html
"Fuel Shortages Deepen Crisis in Yemen,” Save the Children, October 9, 2019.
https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2019-press-releases/fuel-shortages-deepen-crisis-in-yemen-save-the-children