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Taiz – Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC)

The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) has released its annual report on the human rights situation in Taiz Governorate covering the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025. The report documented 287 violations affecting civilians and public and private property across various districts of the governorate.

According to the report, Houthi militia forces topped the list of perpetrators with 216 violations, accounting for approximately 75% of all documented violations. Unidentified armed groups were responsible for 33 violations, followed by armed groups operating outside state authority with 24 violations, while 14 violations were attributed to individuals within the government military.

The report highlighted the continued deterioration of humanitarian and security conditions in the governorate amid escalating sniper attacks, artillery shelling, drone strikes, landmine incidents, and improvised explosive device (IED) attacks, as well as ongoing violations targeting civilians and their property throughout Taiz.

I. Right to Life

Killings

The Center documented the killing of 45 civilians during 2025, including six women and ten children.

The report attributed the deaths of 24 civilians, including four women and eight children, to Houthi militia forces. These included three civilians, among them one woman, killed by direct gunfire from Houthi fighters; four civilians, including one woman, killed by sniper fire; two civilians killed by live ammunition; four civilians, including two children and one woman, killed by artillery shelling; one civilian killed by a landmine explosion; two civilians, including one child, killed in an explosion at a militia weapons depot; one civilian killed in a drone strike; one civilian run over by a militia military vehicle; five civilians killed by unexploded ordnance remnants; and one woman who died as a result of the siege and denial of access to emergency medical care.

Unidentified armed groups were responsible for the deaths of 14 civilians, including two women. These cases included nine assassinations, three civilians killed by direct gunfire, one woman stabbed to death with a sharp object, and one civilian killed in an armed assault.

The report also recorded the deaths of six civilians at the hands of armed groups operating outside state authority, including one child. Two civilians, one of them a child, were killed by direct gunfire, while four civilians were killed in IED explosions.

In addition, the report documented the death of one civilian under torture by members of the government military.

Injuries

The Center recorded injuries to 103 civilians, including nine women and 26 children.

Houthi militia forces were responsible for injuries to 78 civilians, including seven women and 24 children. Among them, 23 civilians were injured by projectiles and drone attacks, 17 civilians—including 14 children—were injured by artillery shelling, 14 civilians—including three women and six children—were wounded by sniper fire, nine civilians—including one woman and one child—were injured by landmine explosions, eight civilians—including two women—were injured in a weapons depot explosion, three civilians were wounded by live ammunition, two children were injured by explosive devices, one child was injured by unexploded ordnance remnants, and one woman was injured by an explosive projectile.

Armed groups operating outside state authority injured 15 civilians, including one woman. Thirteen civilians were injured in IED explosions, while two civilians, including one woman, were injured in physical assaults.

The report also recorded injuries to six civilians by unidentified armed groups, including two children. These cases involved two children injured by explosive devices, one civilian wounded by direct gunfire, and three civilians injured in assassination attempts.

Four civilians, including one woman, were also injured by direct gunfire from members of the government military.

The report noted that several of these injuries resulted in permanent disabilities and amputations caused by landmines, explosive devices, and remnants of war.

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Kidnappings and Enforced Disappearances

The report documented 17 kidnapping incidents affecting at least 24 civilians, including two cases of mass abductions.

Houthi militia forces carried out 15 kidnapping incidents affecting 22 civilians, including teachers, academics, mosque imams, activists, and other civilians in the districts of Mawiyah, Al-Taiziyah, Khadir, Maqbanah, and Al-Hawban.

The report also documented two kidnapping incidents committed by members of the government military.

Assassinations and Assassination Attempts

The Center recorded six incidents of assassinations and attempted assassinations, including four assassinations and two attempted assassinations.

The report attributed three assassinations and two attempted assassinations to unidentified armed groups, while one assassination was carried out by armed groups operating outside state authority.

Assaults

The report documented six assault incidents, including three committed by members of the government military, one by armed groups operating outside state authority, one by Houthi militia forces, and one by unidentified armed individuals.

Arrests

The Center recorded three arrest incidents, including two mass-arrest campaigns.

These violations included one mass arrest carried out by Houthi militia forces, while the report documented two arrest cases committed by members of the government military targeting military personnel.

Freedom of Opinion and Expression

The Center documented three violations of freedom of opinion and expression. Houthi militia forces were responsible for two of these violations, while armed groups operating outside state authority committed one violation.

Public and Private Property

The Center’s field team documented 104 violations affecting public and private property, including three violations against public property and 101 violations against private property.

The public property violations included one case each involving Houthi militia forces, individuals affiliated with factions in the government military, and unidentified armed groups.

Regarding private property, the report recorded 101 violations. Houthi militia forces were responsible for 94 cases, including partial damage to 45 homes, total destruction of 13 homes, damage to 29 vehicles ranging from partial to complete destruction, the storming of a home and destruction of its contents, the burning of a fuel station, three cases of livestock deaths caused by shelling, and two incidents involving the destruction of a house and a weapons depot.

The report also documented six violations committed by unidentified armed groups, including the burning of three vehicles, destruction of two vehicles, and complete damage to one vehicle.

One additional violation was attributed to members of the government military, involving the complete destruction of a vehicle.

The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) emphasized that the continued targeting of civilians and civilian objects in Taiz Governorate reflects the seriousness of the human rights and humanitarian situation. The Center called on the United Nations and the international community to take effective measures to protect civilians, hold perpetrators accountable, prevent impunity, and support efforts to clear landmines and explosive remnants of war that continue to claim civilian lives across the governorate.

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