A Yemeni human rights network claims it has documented nearly 450 cases of abduction, enforced disappearance, and torture of women committed by the Houthi group in areas under their control. The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms stated on Monday, June 30, 2025, that these alleged ab...
Masked gunmen, reportedly linked to the Southern Transitional Council (STC), stormed the Omar bin al-Khattab Mosque in Aden's Mansoura district today during dawn prayers. They opened fire and assaulted Sheikh Mohammed Al-Kazemi, the mosque's imam, before abducting him to an...
A woman was killed by a Houthi sniper in the Maqbanah district of western Taiz province today, according to local sources. This incident coincides with a Houthi raid on a village in the Mawiyah district, east of the province, where militants are accused of committing severe violations ...
On March 8, 2025, the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms reported that the Iran-backed Houthis committed 5,282 violations against women in Yemen between January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2025. The findings were released on International Women’s Day, documenting abuses across 17 provinces, ...
The Media Freedom Observatory documented 19 media freedom violations in Yemen throughout February. The Iran-backed Houthis, designated as a terrorist group by many Western nations, were responsible for 14 of these incidents. According to a report seen by Barran Press, the Yemeni govern...
The National Commission to Investigate Alleged Human Rights Violations announced on February 25, 2025, that it had recorded 340 violations stemming from indiscriminate shelling by the Iran-backed Houthis in Hayfan, a district in southwest Yemen’s Taiz province. The attacks have claimed numer...
On Friday, Shohood for Human Rights reported the death of 14-year-old Raddad Saleh Ali Ghalib, alleging he died from injuries sustained in an assault at the Al-Falah center in the Melh area of Nihm District, Sana'a Governorate, an area under Houthi control. Shohood stated that Raddad was forc...
Judge Ishraq Al-Maqtari, a member of the National Investigation Committee on Human Rights Violations, expressed her regret over the increase in human rights violations in Yemen during 2024. In a special interview with "Barran Press", she highlighted the growing boldness in committing the...
TAIZ, Yemen — On January 4, 2025, the National Commission for the Investigation of Allegations of Human Rights Violations held discussions with the military leadership of the Taiz axis regarding ongoing investigations into alleged abuses by army personnel, including the recent incident invol...
On January 1, 2025, Yemen's National Commission to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations released its annual summary, monitored by Barran Press, revealing the persistence of human rights abuses in several provinces throughout 2024, despite a United Nations-brokered ceasefire annou...
A recent human rights report released on December 29, 2024, has documented the abduction and enforced disappearance of 1,304 academics and teachers by the Houthi movement, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization, across various Yemeni provinces. The report, published by ...
On December 11, 2024, the human rights organization "Rights Radar" reported that it has documented more than 2,368 cases of violations across 20 Yemeni governorates during the current year. In a report published on its website, which was reviewed by Barran Press, Rights Radar indicate...
On Friday, December 5, 2024, Yemeni Foreign Minister Shaya Al-Zindani engaged in separate meetings with the UN and U.S. Special Envoys on the sidelines of the 20th Regional Security Forum in Manama, Bahrain. The discussions centered on recent developments in Yemen and ongoing Houthi violations aga...
A human rights report released on Sunday, December 1, 2024, has documented 11,500 violations committed by the Houthi group, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization, in Al-Jawf province (northeastern Yemen) during the past year, 2023. According to the report issued by the...
A new report by the National Commission to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations in Yemen has revealed a staggering toll of civilian casualties caused by the Houthi rebels. The report, released on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, documented 13,028 civilians killed or injured in 3,055 se...
ADEN, Yemen - The Aden Prosecutor General's Office, based in the temporary capital of Yemen, accused the Security Belt Forces, affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC), of "committing legal violations, including the refusal to hand over some of its members accused of i...
The hashtag "#أحفاد_الرسي_يقذفون_اليمنيات" (Descendants of the Rassi Insult Yemeni Women) has taken over social media platforms in Yemen, following a series of insults directed at Yemeni women by leaders of the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization. These r...
Houthi rebels, designated as a terrorist group by numerous countries, have cut off a vital road connecting over 20 villages in Arhab and Hamdan districts, north of Sana'a, according to local sources and residents. The sources told "Barran Press" that the Houthis blocked the road t...
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 Right...
Areas under the control of the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, are witnessing sporadic acts of resistance, with citizens taking up arms against the group's abuses and repressive policies. These acts of defiance have been ongoing since the Houthis sei...