Masam publishes report on the ‘deliberate’ targeting of humanitarian demining personnel
Between Autumn 2021 and Spring 2022, humanitarian landmine clearance project Masam’s deminers witnessed a rise in the targeting of demining activities. In short, Yemen’s Houthi militia — who are designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the internationally-recognised Yemeni government-in-exile and the United Nations — were reportedly fitting landmines with something called anti-handling mechanisms that means that…