Introduction
In a gravely serious violation of human dignity and the sanctity of the person, field and medical findings in Taiz governorate have documented practices by Houthi militias against the bodies of martyrs from government forces and the resistance. These included horrifying forms of disfigurement and mutilation, among them pouring corrosive chemicals on the bodies, breaking limbs, and obliterating facial features.
The gravity of these acts lies not only in the brutality of assaulting the body of a person who has passed away. It extends to what they signify: deliberate humiliation, revenge, and psychological intimidation of the victims, their families, and the wider community, turning the bodies of the dead into a means of delivering threats to the living.
