Rights Report: Houthis Committed 123 Familicide Crimes in 14 Yemeni Governorates
Yemen Monitor / Newsroom:
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms has documented 123 cases of familicide and 46 injuries committed by Houthi militants across 14 Yemeni governorates, amid a growing surge of domestic violence in areas under Houthi control.
The report, released on Saturday, stated that within just 48 hours the network recorded four familicide crimes in the governorates of Al-Bayda and Al-Dhalea. Among them was a horrific incident in Juban district, northeast of Al-Dhalea, where a Houthi gunman killed three of his relatives, including his wife and her mother.
The report confirmed that many perpetrators of these crimes were Houthi members who had undergone “sectarian and ideological indoctrination courses” that fuel hatred and revenge among fighters—dynamics that have dangerously impacted families and society.
The network warned of the alarming rise of familicide, describing it as a troubling indicator that threatens Yemen’s social fabric. It stressed that “every young person subjected to brainwashing in these Houthi cultural courses could become a potential killer,” making every household in Houthi-controlled areas vulnerable to internal collapse.
The network held the Houthis fully responsible for the spread of these crimes and for the moral and social breakdown, considering the sectarian indoctrination sessions imposed on youths, children, and minors as the main factor driving violence and tearing families apart.
It called on the international community and the United Nations to pressure for the closure of Houthi sectarian indoctrination centers, holding international actors accountable for their continued silence in the face of these grave violations.
