Barran Press
A recent human rights report has accused the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, of committing nearly 6,000 violations in Al Jawf province, located in northern Yemen, during the first half of 2024.
The report, released by the Al Jawf Provincial Human Rights and Media Committee, documented "5,963 violations committed by the Houthi militia against citizens in areas under their control in the province between January 1st and June 30th, 2024."
The violations, according to the report reviewed by "Barran Press," included "direct killing, injury, death by landmines, disappearances, forced displacement, siege, levies, and others."
The human rights report recorded "30 cases of killing and injury of civilians, including 12 cases of direct killing, 9 cases of death by landmines, and 9 others injured during the mentioned period."
It also documented "25 cases of enforced disappearance of citizens from Al Jawf." Additionally, "25 vehicles were damaged by direct fire or landmines."
The report highlighted Houthi military campaigns targeting residents of Al Hazm and Al Khaleq, imposing a tight siege on the population, terrorizing children and women, forcibly displacing 5,900 families, imposing levies, and carrying out abuses at Houthi-controlled checkpoints.
In a press statement, Dr. Saleh Jamale, the Deputy Governor of Al Jawf and Head of the Human Rights and Media Committee, urged local and international human rights organizations to condemn these violations against the people of the province and exert pressure to stop them.
Regarding landmines, Jamale stated that the Houthi group had previously planted them throughout the province and had not removed them after taking control, despite receiving foreign grants under the guise of demining. He considered their failure to remove the mines "evidence" of their disregard for civilian lives and their deliberate intent to kill them.
At the beginning of 2020, the Houthi group seized control of Al Hazm, the capital of Al Jawf province, and surrounding areas, after government forces had liberated them in 2016.