International community must act on Yemen | Letters

The international community stands by as families, women and children have their lives destroyed, writes Sandip Verma. Meanwhile Thanos Petouris says news outlets should stop using the grossly underestimated ‘official’ figure of 10,000 fatalities in Yemen

While Britain focuses on Brexit, the people of Yemen suffer atrocities that put our current challenges to shame (Voices from Yemen: ‘We have watched our neighbours break’, 12 December). As we head towards a no-deal of our own making, the international community stands by as families, women and children have their lives destroyed by civil unrest.

Although the UN-led peace talks in Sweden seem to be making some progress, the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate. It is time for the international community to come together and finally address our important international obligations – especially to civil rights.

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