1600 cases of killing and kidnapping of civilians this year, the Houthis are the leading perpetrators
English - Sunday 12 December 2021 الساعة 02:56 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
An international human rights organization has monitored nearly 1,600 cases of killing, injury and kidnapping of civilians in Yemen this year by the parties to the conflict in Yemen, with the terrorist Houthi militia at the top.
Rights Radar for Human Rights said, in a report, that the cases were distributed by 565 cases of murder, 624 injuries and 410 cases of kidnapping.
The Houthi militia topped the list of bodies responsible for killing and wounding, with four hundred and thirty-seven cases, followed by unknown gangs, then the Brotherhood militia attributed to legitimacy.
Rights Radar stated that it was able to monitor hundreds of violations against civilians in Yemen by its field monitors inside the country, during the period from January 1, 2021 to December 1, 2021, noting that the outcome of the monitoring reflected the bloody Yemeni war and a flagrant defiance of international conventions on human rights.
The organization stated that, during the mentioned period, the monitoring team documented 565 killings among civilians, including 401 men, 23 women and 141 children, in addition to 624 injuries, including 428 men, 61 women and 135 children.
The organization also monitored four hundred and ten cases of kidnapping, of which the Houthi militia is responsible for two hundred and thirty-four cases, including women and children.
According to the spatial classification, these numbers and statistics were distributed over many governorates. Marib governorate came at the fore, with the number of murder victims reaching 70, then the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, which is under the control of the Houthis, with 65 cases, then Taiz governorate third, with 57 cases, while Al-Hodeidah governorate ranked fourth with 49 cases, followed by Aden governorate with 38, then Hadramawt 19, then Al-Bayda and Amran with 16 cases each, then 14 cases for the governorates of Abyan and Hajjah, then Al-Dhalea and Al-Jawf governorates with 10 each, and the rest of the number was distributed among the rest of the governorates.
The report said: According to the observed and documented statistics, the parties responsible for perpetrating the killings were distributed as follows: the Houthi group 437 cases, unknown gangs 79 cases, armed groups outside the scope of the state 19 cases of killing, in addition to killings due to security chaos 23 cases, and one case because of al-Qaeda
As for the injuries and wounded as a result of the violations, Rights Radar said that the Houthi group bears responsibility for 565 cases of injuries, followed by unknown gangs responsible for 30 cases of injuries, then 14 cases of injuries as a result of the security chaos, followed by groups outside the state 9 cases, and six cases of injuries bear their legitimate responsibility.
According to the organization, based on the statistics of its monitoring team, the cases of kidnapping during the period covered by the statement amounted to 410 kidnappings, including 372 men, 10 women and girls and 28 children. The Houthi group bears the primary responsibility for the abduction of 234 men, 7 women and 19 children.
The kidnapping of 127 men, two women and 7 children by armed groups, and 6 cases, all of them men, in the hands of the government, while unknown gangs are responsible for the kidnapping of 5 men, a woman and two children.
war crimes
The human rights organization called on the international community to put pressure on the parties to the conflict to limit the commission of human rights violations in Yemen, especially the armed Houthi group, which bears the first responsibility in the list of violations.
The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grunberg, called on all parties to pressure all parties to spare civilians the scourge of war, and to reduce the health and psychological repercussions of the war on civilians, especially the categories of women, children and those who are unable to move.
The organization also called for an end to committing violations against civilians, noting that many of them amount to war crimes that expose the perpetrators and those behind them to legal criminal responsibility before international courts and bodies, and there is no statute of limitations.
