Sa'ada: A year after the massacre perpetrated by the US-led aggression, which targeted a detention center for African migrants in Sa'ada governorate, Amnesty International has reopened its investigation into this attack, classifying it as a war crime.
According to Yemen News Agency, the organization affirmed that the US-led aggression airstrike on the migrant detention center in Sa'ada on 28 April 2025, is one of the worst crimes the organization has documented in years, in terms of civilian casualties.
The organization pointed out that the US impunity for this crime reveals a blatant failure to hold the perpetrators accountable and prevent harm to civilians. Amnesty International noted that US authorities have not disclosed any details regarding assessments of civilian casualties or the results of any investigation into the killing of dozens of migrants in Sa'ada.
Amnesty International stated that 'a year after the deadly US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Sa'ada, northwest Yemen, there has been no tangible progress towards achieving justice, and survivors continue to suffer severe physical and psychological trauma.'
The organization added that despite the large number of civilian casualties, the US authorities have not released any assessments of civilian harm resulting from the attack on the migrant detention center, or any other airstrike in Yemen in 2025.
Amnesty International reiterated its call for a swift investigation into this crime, which killed and injured dozens of African migrants, as a war crime. The organization noted that instead of taking credible steps to ensure accountability, including conducting effective and prompt investigations, the Trump administration dismantled measures and mechanisms designed to prevent and mitigate civilian casualties resulting from military operations, and threatened attacks that would undoubtedly cause harm to civilians.
In its investigation marking the anniversary of the attack on the migrant detention center in Sa'ada, Amnesty International confirmed that US officials have failed to hold anyone accountable or even clarify the status or results of the investigations they claimed to have conducted a year ago.
The organization added that the Trump administration's approach to airstrikes in Yemen between March and May 2025 should have set off alarm bells around the world. Instead, the US administration systematically weakened safeguards and reduced the number of offices dedicated to minimizing civilian harm.
The organization explained that less than a year after this crime, it documented another attack in terms of civilian casualties: the US attack on a school in Minab, Iran, on March 16, 2026, which killed 156 people, including more than 120 children. It emphasized that this attack was a consequence of failing to take effective measures to minimize harm to civilians.
Amnesty International's investigation into the attack revealed that the United States violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid harming civilians during the attack.
The organization noted that the Trump administration demonstrated a disregard for the lives of civilians at risk, citing statements by Trump and other high-ranking US officials, including Secretary of Defense Hegseth, that clearly expressed contempt for international law and the rules and restrictions designed to protect civilians.
In light of this escalation, Amnesty International stressed that the United States must ensure prompt, transparent, impartial, independent and effective investigations into its attacks that have resulted in civilian casualties, including those in Yemen and Iran, and provide a public report on these strikes, and ensure adequate and immediate reparation for affected civilians.