September...Multiple bombing, Militarily and Economically
Monthly monitoring
reports In Taiz governorate
Republic of Yemen
This comes within a series of monthly monitoring reports of violations in Taiz
Governorate, Republic of Yemen
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www.hritc.co Sep - 2020 General situation: The month of September was a real nightmare for Taiz Governorate, as painful and multiple challenges emerged, especially in two main aspects of the grave violations that the governorate is exposed to. The first aspect was the intensification of the bombing of the Houthi militia forces stationed in the vicinity of the city against the safe residents with Katyusha rockets and heavy artillery, which resulted in the killing of 4 civilians, including a child and two women, and the wounding of 21 civilians, including 9 children and two women. It was noteworthy that the focused bombing on political occasions such as September 21, which marks the sixth anniversary of the Houthi coup against the legitimate state institutions in Sanaa. Where the Houthi forces on this day's memory showered the city of Taiz with a barrage of intense shelling by the tank stationed in Tabet Softil, which bombed the east of the city by about 15 An artillery shell hit the Mashroaa (Water Project) neighborhood and the Al shohdaa (Martyrs') Stadium and others in the Salh district, killing a woman and wounding 11 civilians, including a woman and 7 children. The militia bombed intensively again on September 26, which coincides with the anniversary of the 1962 Yemeni revolution, which the Houthis are hostile to. The Mashroaa (Water Project) neighborhood and the village of Abaar is isolated in a hall, which resulted in the injury of four civilians and two children, and the destruction of a government school and a number of homes. The northern neighborhoods of the city were also bombed, and no injuries were recorded at the time. The Houthi militia intensified its bombardment during September also on multiple areas besides a hall, including the northern neighborhoods of the city and Bir Basha in the Al- Mudhaffar District. It also bombed the Al-Misrakh district center with two Katyusha missiles and bombed the village of Al-Marqab and the liberated villages in Hawamra isolation, south of the Mawiya district, and the Houthi militia bombed the village of Al-Kawf with Al-Masrakh with shells Mortar and heavy artillery. On that day, the Houthi militia also stormed the villages of Al-Husayn and Al-Jarn and other villages in the Mawiya District, east of Taiz, and abducted more than 30 men and 20 women. The women were taken into Martyr Al-Muallem School in connection with the case of the killing of a teacher whose body was found inside a water well in the area and who was killed by members of a robbery gang Looting linked to a Houthi leader. On the other hand, the besieged governorate for nearly five years suffered from an economic collapse with a significant decline in the price of hard currencies and a rise in the prices of various foodstuffs. Despite the suffocating siege, that Taiz has been suffering from for six years, which is the main reason for the collapse of the economic situation. The recent deterioration in the currency exchange market and the variation in value in the same city due to the division of the city of Taiz between the legitimate authorities and the de facto authority under the control of the Houthi militia. The price of foreign currencies in the Houthi-controlled Al-Hawban area differs from the rate in the rest of the city itself, and the difference reaches 25 percent of the currency's value. The deterioration of the currency was further exacerbated by the Houthi’s refusal to deal in the cash currencies issued by the legitimate government recently and the worsening of the deteriorating economic situation with the lack of basic materials, which exacerbated the painful suffering due to the loss of most of the employees their salaries for many months. This prompted the citizens to go out in widespread protests more than once, demanding the intervention of the legitimate government to stop the collapse of the national currency against foreign currencies, as the exchange rate of one dollar reached 800 Yemeni riyals. The protesters also demanded the need to support the national economy and impose fiscal policies to unify foreign exchange rates in all governorates of the Republic, stop the suffering of citizens, and put an end to the high prices of goods and services. A number of merchants carried out a strike and a total closure of markets in Taiz city in early September in protest against the collapse of the national currency and the rise in foreign exchange rates.
Statistics The field team detected 172 violations during the month of September 2020 in Taiz governorate, which were as follows: MONITORING STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER Killed 12%
Killed
Public and private Injuries property 50% Mass arrest Injuries 34% Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech Mass arrest 1% 3%
Code The type of violation Total Cases of Violation
Killed 15 civilians killed
Injury 43 civilians injured
Freedom of speech One cases of violation
Mass arrest 50 mass arrests of women and men
Public property Two cases of violation
Private property 61 cases of violation
Killed:
Fifteen civilians killed: Men Women Children 12 Men Two Women 5 Children
Cause of murder: Houthi militia shells: 4 civilians, including two women and a child Direct bullets in armed clashes outside the framework of the state: six civilians Sniper bullets belonging to militants outside the state: one civilian Direct bullets fired by multiple factions in the government army: two civilians Because of the explosion of a shell fired by multiple factions in the government army: one civilian. Unidentified armed bullets: one civilian
Injuries:
43 wounded civilians, including serious cases: Men Women Children 24 Men 5 Women 14 Children
Cause of injury: Sniping by bullets belonging to the Houthi militia: 5 civilians, including two women and two children Al-Houthi militia shells: 21 civilians, including two women and 9 children By direct bullets by gunmen outside the state's borders: 9 civilians, including a woman and a child An explosive device planted by unknown persons: 6 civilians, including a child. An attempted kidnapping by an unknown man: one child As a result of a shell fired by multiple factions in the government army: one civilian Many of these injuries resulted in amputations of some of the organs, leaving disabilities that are more physical for those injured by mines, shells, and others.
Mass arrest:
The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) documented a mass arrest of civilian women and men. On September 26, the Houthi militia stormed the villages of Al-Hussain and Al-Jaran and other villages in the Mawiya District, east of Taiz, and kidnapped more than 30 men and 20 women. The women were taken to the Martyr Al-Muallem School in connection with the case of killing a teacher whose body was found inside A water well in the area was killed by members of a robbery and looting gang linked to a Houthi leader.
Freedom of speech:
The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) documented one case of violation of freedom of opinion and expression. Which is the attempted kidnapping of the son of journalist Wiam Al-Sufi, 8-year-old Amr Moussa Al-Salawi, on September 28, by an unknown person riding a motorcycle on Jamal Street and the child was injured in that incident, which he miraculously survived.
Public and private property:
Because of the intensification of the fighting and the intense daily bombardment by the militias. The field monitoring team was currently unable to monitor all public and private properties that were subjected to total and partial damage, and what was monitored constitutes a very small part of what was affected, especially in the villages that are bombed intensively daily and displace their inhabitants.
63 cases of violation of public and private property were documented and monitored as follows:
Two cases of public property: • Two schools were damaged as a result of artillery shelling by the Houthi militia.
In addition, 61 cases of violation of private property were documented as follows: • 39 houses and 18 vehicles and motorcycles were partially damaged as a result of a barrage of bullets fired by the Houthi militia. • A campaign of raids and searches of dozens of shops and khat markets by the Houthi militia. • Damage to a private vehicle as a result of gunmen from factions in the government army. • A house was stormed by members of the government army.
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