A human rights network that monitors 53 killings committed by the Houthi militia this month
English - Wednesday 25 March 2020 الساعة 10:05 am
Aden, Newsyemen
Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms said it has documented 240 cases of violations committed by the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, against civilians in a number of governorates during twenty days of this month.
The network reported that it had detected 53 killings, including four women and six children.
Violations were monitored in the governorates of Marib, Al-Jawf, Al-Hodeidah, Taiz, Ibb, Al-Bayda, Hajjah, Sanaa and Al-Husha in Al-Dhale’, the most prominent of which were between direct killing, sniping crimes, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and torture of kidnapped people to death.
According to the network, the militia committed 14 murders, liquidations and field executions, 6 murders as a result of direct gunfire, a sniper shot with a head shot, one case of torture in detention and secret prisons, in addition to one case of heart attack as a result of the direct threat of a citizen.
