US EditionAmnesty Says US Strike on a Yemen Prison that Killed Dozens of African Migrants May Be a War Crime
The strike killed 61 African migrants in a Houthi-run prison, raising war crime concerns amid a U.S. campaign targeting rebel disruption of Red Sea shipping.
- On April 28, 2025, U.S. forces struck a Houthi-run Saada prison compound in Yemen, killing 61 detained African migrants and injuring 56, per Houthi de facto authorities.
- The U.S. campaign Operation Rough Rider escalated, striking more than 1,000 targets in Yemen between March 15 and April 29, 2025, targeting Houthis disrupting Red Sea shipping.
- Survivors and evidence show 15 Ethiopian migrants interviewed by Amnesty International saw no Houthi fighters inside, while satellite imagery and hospital visits revealed bodies across the compound and severe injuries.
- Amnesty International called on the Pentagon to investigate the strike as a war crime and provide reparations, while U.S. Central Command said it is assessing reports of civilian harm and JSOC and SOCOM did not respond.
- Airwars and casualty monitors report at least 224 civilians killed and 467 injured, linking the high toll to dismantling of the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response program and targeting failures.
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Amnesty International is calling a U.S. strike in April on a prison in Yemen that killed dozens of detained African migrants a war crime. It followed a similar strike on the same prison compound back in 2022 by a Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthis. Kristine Beckerle, Amnesty’s deputy Middle East and North Africa director, said, “I didn’t actually believe that it was possible that the U.S. would carry out an airstrike on the same compound,…
Amnesty calls for probe into US airstrike that killed dozens of migrants in Yemen
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