Yemen's Houthis committing flagrant violations in al-Jawf

The Yemeni province of al-Jawf has been suffering from repression at the hands of the Houthi group for a while now.

The group commits untold violations against people in the province, including theft and the looting of their farmland. It also kidnaps children.

Armed confrontations took place in the area that separates the provinces of Amran and al-Jawf.

These confrontations left a large number of the members of the Houthi group dead and injured.

Houthi militiamen also failed to capture farmland from ordinary people in the area for the sake of the pro-Houthi Sufyan tribes in Amran.

Houthi elements kidnapped a member of the Dhu Mohamed tribe from a hospital in Yemeni capital Sanaa, where he was receiving treatment.

They put the man in one of the Houthi prisons, according to the Yemeni Saba News Agency.

The coup militias accuse the kidnapped man, known as commander Sami, of being one of the opponents of the seizure of land in al-Adi Valley which separates Amran and al-Jawf.

The kidnapping incident comes two days after the militia kidnapped one of its members, Mohsen Maasara, after accusing him of taking sides with the Dhu Mohamed tribe and rejecting the directives of the group's leadership.

Numerous violations

According to a previous report by the Yemeni government's rights and media committee in al-Jawf, the total number of individual and collective Houthi crimes and violations against citizens in the province reached 36,153 violations.

The violations ranged from killings, assaults, torture, arrests, looting of humanitarian aid, recruiting children from schools, and breaking into and looting public and private institutions.

There were also 51 extrajudicial killings targeting civilians, including ten direct killings, 11 killings by rocket projectiles, and 20 killings by mines, explosives and IEDs, including eight women and nine children.

These killings came in flagrant violation of human rights and all international laws.

With regard to kidnappings, enforced disappearances and torture, the Yemeni government's Rights and Information Committee in al-Jawf registered 59 cases, including 39 kidnapping, 12 cases of enforced disappearance, and eight cases of brutal torture.

Around 87 cases of break-in and looting of public funds and properties were documented, including public facilities between government schools, Holy Quran schools, educational institutes and training institutes, in addition to 156 cases of break-in and looting of private funds and properties.

Child recruitment

Houthi militiamen in al-Jawf recruited a large number of children, as the committee revealed that cases of childhood violation amounted to 201, including 126 minors who were recruited and 75 cases of training and exploitation in military operations.

The monitoring team recorded 350 cultural events and activities to blur the national identity, ranging from distorting the curriculum, forcing staff, students and teachers to participate in sectarian events called for by the Houthi group.