The Houthi killing of Sheikh Saleh Hantoush, director of a Quran memorization institute in Reima province's Al-Salafia district, has triggered widespread condemnation across Yemen. Sheikh Hantous died yesterday following hours of siege and attack by internationally blacklisted Hout...
Houthi militants reportedly besieged and attacked the home of Sheikh Saleh Hantoush in Al-Bayda village, Reimah province, on Tuesday. The assault, involving various weapons, has sparked fears of serious injuries to Sheikh Hantoush and his wife. Local sources informed Barran Press th...
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...
YEMEN — On January 4, 2025, the organization Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) announced that it has documented 75 violations against journalists in Yemen during the year 2024. In a report reviewed by Barran Press, the organization outlined various forms of abuse, including executions...
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...
The human rights organization Rights Radar announced on Saturday that it has documented more than 428 incidents of aggression against those celebrating the 62nd anniversary of the September 26 Revolution across ten Yemeni provinces. These attacks were attributed to extensive suppression campaigns ...
A source in the Yemeni Presidential Office has condemned what it described as "grave violations" by the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, of the Judicial Authority Law and its independence, protected by the constitution and national and international l...
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...