The United Nations has called for immediate access to aid for Yemen's besieged city of Taiz, which has been cut off from the international community by Iranian-backed Houthi fighters since October. UN human rights chief Volker Turk emphasized the need for humanitarian aid to reach the city, which could prevent a rights catastrophe.
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The United Nations has called for immediate access to aid for Yemen's besieged city of Ta…: The United Nations has called for immediate access to aid for Yemen's besieged city of Taiz, which has been cut off from the international community by Iranian-backed Houthi fighters since October.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk emphasized the need for humanitarian aid to reach the c…: UN human rights chief Volker Turk emphasized the need for humanitarian aid to reach the city, which could prevent a rights catastrophe.
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The United Nations insisted Tuesday that aid must immediately be allowed to enter Yemen's Taiz, besieged by Iran-aligned Houthi fighters who are preventing supplies from reaching the country's third-largest city.
Houthi fighters have encircled Taiz since early October, blocking the road that links it to Aden, interim capital of the Saudi-backed, internationally-recognised government.
"Humanitarian aid must be immediately allowed to enter the city and its passage must be facilitated," UN human rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement.
He said relief must reach the city to avert a rights catastrophe.
"The Houthis' closure of the only supply route linking Taiz to Aden is placing civilians at grave risk, blocking humanitarian aid and cutting off essential supplies," said Turk.
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