Violations of Human Rights July in Taiz
Taiz / Special:
The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) announced that it had documented 87 cases of violations against civilians in the Taiz governorate during the month of July 2022. The Houthi militia caused 41 cases, and armed men outside the framework of the state caused 39 other cases, while members of the government army caused 5 cases, and caused Unidentified gunmen in two cases.
In its monthly report entitled “A truce to kill, not peace.” hritc center said,
His field team documented the killing of 15 civilians, including 3 children. The Houthi militia caused the death of 6 of them, including two children.
Civilian casualties
Where the Houthis killed two civilians, one of them a child, with artillery shells, and one civilian was killed by a landmine explosion, while 3 civilians, including a child, were killed by Houthi snipers.
In addition, 8 civilians were killed by direct bullets of gunmen outside the framework of the state, and one child was killed by hanging by unknown gunmen.
The field center team was able to monitor the injury of 49 civilians, including 21 children and two women. The Houthi militia injured 22 civilians, including 15 children and two women.
Armed men outside the framework of the state injured 21 civilians, including 3 children. Houthi snipers injured 3 civilians, a woman, and two children, and the explosive devices caused Houthi forces to wounded 4 civilians, including a woman, and Houthi shells wounded 15 civilians, 14 of whom were children.
Militants outside the framework of the state injured 12 civilians with direct bullets, including a child, while 7 civilians, including two children, were injured by a hand grenade explosion and two civilians were injured by an explosive device by gunmen outside the framework of the state, and 5 civilians, including one child, were wounded by direct fire from gunmen affiliated with the government army, and one child was wounded by bullets. unidentified gunmen.
The field team of the HRITC documented 3 cases of kidnapping committed by armed men outside the framework of the state.
Public and private property
On the other hand, The field team monitored 20 cases of damage to public and private property, two of which were public property, and 18 cases of violations of private property were documented. The Houthi militia committed 13 cases, including two general cases, while militants outside the framework of the state committed seven other cases.
In addition, the report dealt with the general situation in Taiz governorate, which was bloody, according to the report’s description, noting that hardly a day had new victims, most of whom were civilians, and children topped the list of victims.
The report touched on the increase in extortion operations practiced by the Houthi militia against travelers at security points, especially on holidays. On the other hand, the report touched on the increase in collection operations by force of arms by armed men outside the framework of the state and armed men affiliated with multiple factions in the government army, where they threaten the workers and owners of shops and are forced to pay levies illegally.
