Rights Report: Over 8,000 Houthi Violations in Al-Bayda Over the Past Decade
Yemen Monitor / Newsroom:
A recent human rights report has revealed that the Houthi group committed 8,186 serious violations in Al-Bayda governorate (central Yemen) between January 2015 and January 2025.
According to the report issued by the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms, the violations included killings, direct injuries, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, and the destruction of private property. The report emphasized that these crimes amount to grave breaches of international humanitarian law and may constitute war crimes.
The documented violations include the killing of 842 civilians, including women and children, distributed as follows:
- 61 cases of sniper attacks
- 285 shot dead
- 198 killed by indiscriminate shelling
- 214 deaths caused by landmines
- 41 executions
- 13 killed in home demolitions
- 18 assassinations
- 14 deaths under torture
- 8 run over by Houthi vehicles
- 17 killed by various other means
The report also documented 931 civilian injuries, many resulting in permanent disabilities and psychological trauma:
- 93 sniper-related injuries
- 271 gunshot wounds
- 163 from shelling
- 309 caused by landmines
- 34 from home demolitions
- 14 due to torture
- 16 run over by Houthi vehicles
- 29 from various other causes
In addition, the report recorded:
- 2,780 cases of arrest and abduction
- 366 cases of enforced disappearance
- 132 instances of physical and psychological torture
- 2,691 other violations of personal rights and human dignity
The Yemeni Network affirmed that these violations constitute flagrant breaches of the Geneva Conventions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.
The network called on the international community, the United Nations, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to act urgently to stop these violations, pressure the Houthi militia to lift the siege on affected areas, ensure safe humanitarian access, and hold those responsible for these crimes accountable—while guaranteeing the protection of civilians.
