Amnesty International on Wednesday called for an investigation into a US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen in April.

The airstrike was part of “Operation Rough Rider”–a 45-day stand-off between US and Houthi soldiers that saw US strikes in Yemen, and Houthis launching missiles at US warships in the Red Sea. The US attack resulted in a high number of civilian causalities.

Amnesty investigation found that there “was no evidence that the migrant detention center was a military objective.” Survivors stated that the migrant detention center was an “open space” where there was visibility of the occupants of the building.

“The US must conduct a prompt, thorough, independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into the air strike on the Sa’ada mi

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