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After two years of conflict in Yemen, fishermen on the Red Sea coast are continuing to suffer.
Businesses are being ruined and many are being killed as the Saudi-led coalition continues to bomb their boats.

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Fighting to work but fearing for their lives. These fishermen in Al-Khawkhah have become defenceless targets in the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
They are physically and mentally worn down after two years of war in the country.
Yemen has been immersed in a conflict pitting the country's Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies against President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's internationally recognised government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition.
This coalition now regularly drops bombs on the Red Sea coast, destroying their boats and taking away their livelihoods.
"I am a skilled fisherman, I go to the islands fishing, and I work in fishing", explains fisherman Omar Saleh Ahmed. "And now they (pro-government Saudi-led coalition) bombed my boat, and I no longer have anything, and we have become poor."
Many fishermen are now unemployed and facing poverty while their children fight malnutrition-related diseases.
Even those working further out at sea have become targets with tankers exporting fish also becoming subject to bombardment.
Eritrean troops have also begun stopping Yemeni fishing boats which venture out into the Red Sea and get close to their coast.
There are nearly 154 fishermen being held in Eritrean prisons who are subjected to harsh treatment according to those who have been released.
"We were taken from the international path (water) and faced all kinds of torture. We have about 20 people suffering from allergies and other diseases. They (Eritrean authorities) dealt with us the worst: beating, kicking, and more. They forced us to do hard labour and did not have mercy upon us", explains released fisherman Abdu Ali Yahya Humaidan.
Yemeni fishermen now find themselves vulnerable to hunger, poverty, disease and unemployment as the ongoing war continues to take away their incomes.

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