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HRITC: 37 Houthi Violations in Taiz Last Month

A man walks past a building destroyed during recent fighting in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC), a civil community organization headquartered in Yemen's Taiz, has documented 37 human rights violations in the city last month.

Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper received a copy of HRITC’s recent report, which revealed that its field team documented the death of seven civilians including three children.

It said Houthi militias killed four of them, after two children died in a bomb blast, another child was killed by a sniper, and a civilian was shot dead by the insurgents.

Unknown armed assailants killed other civilians.

The field team said four civilians, including a child and two women, were injured after Houthis shot them while the fourth was wounded in a shooting attack by outlaws.

The report added that on Feb. 25, unknown armed men kidnapped Osama Abdullah Hassan al-Muzhdi from the 35th Armored Brigade.

The Center has also documented 24 cases of public and private property violations.

Houthis seized a cemetery and stormed and looted the civil status office.

There was a total of 22 violations of private properties after Houthis bombed a house, two homes were partially damaged, two vehicles were destroyed and three vehicles were partly damaged in a militia shelling.

The report also highlighted the difficult conditions caused by a five-year Houthi siege of Taiz, scarcity of aid, high inflation, in addition to deteriorating health conditions and the outbreak of dengue fever.

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