Obock shipwreck: human rights commission honours 139 dead
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Rtd
Djibouti’s National Human Rights Commission visited Obock and Guhere beach, where a shipwreck on 8 and 9 October killed 139 people. It also visited a centre hosting refugees fleeing the war in Yemen, according to the Djibouti Radio and Television.
Djibouti’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) paid tribute to the 139 people who died in the shipwreck on the night of 8 to 9 October on Guhere beach, in Obock. A delegation led by the Commission’s president held a moment of remembrance at the site and expressed solidarity with the victims’ families, according to the Djibouti Radio and Television (RTD).
The delegation met Obock’s prefect, representatives of the Ministry of Waqf Properties, the National Office for Assistance to Refugees and Disaster Victims (ONARS), the security forces and the Djiboutian Red Crescent. It praised the work of the teams involved in burying the bodies with respect for human dignity.
At the Markazi centre, the CNDH also learned about the reception of refugees fleeing the war in Yemen, including women and children. It called for greater resources to protect them and for national and international solidarity to be supported.
The visit follows the previous visit by Djibouti’s CNDH to the shipwreck site on 18 October. It comes after the shipwreck off Djibouti, for which a death toll was published on 11 October.
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