Genocide In Yemen

We all want equality. We all want what is right. We all want peace. But in Yemen, hundreds of homosexual men and women are being hurt just for being gay. They are being punished, for most people there believe being gay is a sin. People in Yemen are being arrested, killed, and hurt by Al-Qaeda, and the people of Yemen. Although we might think this is terrible, the government has chosen to do nothing about it, for Yemen’s laws strictly say it is an act that should be punished. If this goes on any longer, the amount of dead people will increase, just like it already has. This will soon lead to a mass killing, or a genocide, if it continues down this road. The conflict forming in Yemen will turn into a genocide because it is currently following
This is true because Genocidewatch.com states that the first stage of Genocide is classification. Classification is when the perpetrators distinguish the people into two groups, “us”, and “them”. This applies to Yemen, because people are classified into the categories “straight”, and “gay”. The second stage of genocide is Symbolization, yet the perpetrators, Yemen’s laws and Al-Qaeda, didn't create names or symbols for gay people. They just moved right onto discrimination, which is when the perpetrators, or dominant group, deny the rights of the victims. In this case, Yemen’s laws, Al-Qaeda, and the Government are denying the rights of gay people. Discrimination is the stage they are currently on. On Ipsnews.net, they say, “Some eight men have been killed on the streets of Yemen in recent months for being gay.”(Almosawa). This proves that people are being hurt, killed, just for being gay in Yemen. Gay people in Yemen don't have a choice, and they don't have the power to stop this from happening. The government, the laws, and Al Qaeda are purposely killing homosexuals off therefore denying the rights that they should rightfully have. Still, this is only the beginning. If we do not acknowledge these acts as potential genocides then it will begin to worsen over the course of a few
They believe this because they think there aren't that many gay people in Yemen, so it wouldn't turn into a mass killing. But this is simply not true. In 2002, Gallup.com interviewed Americans and discovered that 21% of men are gay, and 22% of women are as well. They concluded that every fifth person, at least, was attracted to the same gender in some way. This can connect back to Yemen, which has a population of 24.41 million, that there are thousands more homosexual people living there, that the Government just hasn't spotted yet. But they are just beginning, over the years more men and women would speak out and try to stand up for themselves but would only be punished for something they cannot control. This shows that there are many, many homosexual people in Yemen, and if the country believes that they should be punished for being gay, then they will do their best to punish every homosexual there is, regardless of the