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3 Executive Summary On 21 September 2014, Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) seized control over the Yemeni capital Sana a by armed force. Afterwards, the Peace and National Partnership Agreement was signed between the group and the other political factions under the United Nations sponsorship. This was followed by tension that lasted for weeks where eventually on 20 January 2015, Ansar Allah armed group forced house arrest on both president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and prime minister, at the time, Khaled Mahfouz Bahah as well as members of the cabinet. On 21 February 2015, president Hadi fled to Aden. A month later, on 21 March 2015, Ansar Allah militants and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, Ansar Allah s ally, advanced towards Taiz all the way to Aden in the South in addition to other Yemeni governorates and regions. The advancement of Ansar Allah and Saleh s forces formed a beginning of a new level of the violent conflict. As Ansar Allah armed group launched airstrikes on the presidential palace, president Hadi s residence, in Aden after gaining full control of the air force, the president fled to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on 25 March Then governmental forces loyal to president Hadi were formed as well as local armed resistance groups which mainly consisted of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah), Salafi groups, Southern Movement, Jihadi groups as well as other groups and parties loyal to president Hadi. As a result of president Hadi s escape to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched a military campaign that involves a coalition of nine Arab states at the early hours of Thursday 26 March The coalition s campaign was requested from the Gulf Cooperation Council by president Hadi and was launched against Ansar Allah armed group and their ally Saleh. The campaign s intervention aimed to restore Hadi s power and reinstall his legitimacy. (1) In the city of Taiz, Militants that belong to Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) as well as individuals from the Special Security Forces (Central Security) attacked two separate demonstrations that were protesting the armed existence of Ansar Allah group and their ally (1) Mwatana Organization released a separate report titled Blind Airstrikes on the Saudi led Arab coalition military fighter jets violations that took place in a number of Yemeni governorates. 3

4 Saleh on Tuesday 24 March The two attacks killed at least 8 protestors and injured around (108) protestors. Right after that, the armed conflict in Taiz broke out in a way that made the city of Taiz one of the most prominent areas of clashes where Ansar Allah militants and their ally Saleh s forces are fighting the popular resistance forces and the army loyal to president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Armed forces of the popular resistance and the army loyal to president Hadi have been backed up by the Saudi-led Arab coalition air force. The majority of fighting took place in the city of Taiz but expanded lately to the rural and suburban areas of the city. As the bloody conflict progresses with increasing intensity and the violence map expands, Yemen, which is the poorest among Arab states, has witnessed extremely deteriorating conditions. This deterioration is accompanied by an unprecedented break down in the case of human rights. An appalling list of violations of the International Humanitarian Law and the International Human Rights Law by all conflict sides has risen in various Yemeni cities and regions. The city of Taiz is the most prominent Yemeni city that was reached and torn by the violent conflict. This city and some of its rural areas present a clear manifestation of the darkest and most tragic forms of war. It also manifests the wide heavy toll of war s most grave violations such as killing through various means, destruction and blockade. These violations have affected civilians and undermined their lives during the entire period of the armed conflict the city has witnessed. In the context of the armed ground conflict during the period between April 2015 and March 2016, which is the focus of this report, Ansar Allah group (Houthis) and former president Saleh s forces are responsible for the majority of the bloody and indiscriminate attacks, which resulted in killing and injuring hundreds of civilians in the city of Taiz. On the ground, both warring sides share a pattern of locating and deploying in the middle of heavily residential sites and launching attacks from and on these sites. Thousands of civilians found themselves stuck between the two conflict sides where they face various forms of violations. Among the most apparent violations are those presented in killing, maiming, attacking medical staff and medical facilities, targeting schools and occupying them for military purposes and military recruitment of children in addition to Ansar Allah group forcing a suffocating blockade from time to time on the city to block the entry of medical and humanitarian relief and aid. Similarly, the popular resistance assaulted relief organizations and humanitarian aid warehouses and carried out field executions. In its report Chapters from Hell, Mwatana Organization for Human Rights documents a number of incidents where hundreds of civilians were killed and injured in addition to the livelihood of thousands that was damaged midst the armed ground conflict and the violations of the International Humanitarian Law committed by the conflict sides between April 2015 and March Committing these violations is still ongoing after March During the preparation of this report, Mwatana Organization used a methodology of investigative fieldwork. Investigative visits and direct interviews with primary information sources on incidents were conducted alongside the collection of supporting documents. Fieldwork and investigation of the data mentioned in this report took place between May 2015 and October The organization conducted at least (425) interviews in Arabic with victims who survived, relatives of victims, eyewitnesses as well as humanitarian and medical staff and relevant stakeholders. Mwatana Organization also collected at least (55) field observations, which observe cases of recruiting children for military purposes. 4

5 This report contains (177) incidents, investigated by Mwatana Organization, where the International Humanitarian Law and the Customary Humanitarian Law were violated. The organization s team has also collected testimonies regarding the blockade and restrictions imposed on entry of food, commercial and medical goods as well as humanitarian aid to the city. Mwatana Organization has also consulted with international experts to use their analysis in the area of International Humanitarian Law and the Customary Humanitarian Law in addition to expertise in arms in order to analyze the weapons used in attacks that are documented in this report. The report considered the Central Market (the intersection of Jamal s street and al-tahrir s street) the center of the city of Taiz. Locations where conflict sides are based and locations of the attacks were determined accordingly. Google maps and documented testimonies by Mwatana Organization s team were used to estimate distances. Mwatana Organization consulted with an expert who is specialized in space planning in Taiz governorate in order to measure distances and directions as well as to determine the locations of attacks. Additionally, a number of consultants and experts were consulted. Regarding indiscriminate attacks and incidents of firing bullets and anti-aircraft ammunition, this report Chapters from Hell sheds light on (32) indiscriminate attacks and (22) incidents of firing live ammunition of bullets and anti-aircrafts. In these attacks and incidents, at least (103) civilians were killed including (50) children and (14) women. Furthermore, (229) civilians were injured including (98) children and (16) women in the period between April 2015 and March The attacks and incidents documented in this report present a sample of scores of attacks and incidents that Mwatana Organization documented during the same period. Mwatana Organization has documented the killing of at least (217) civilians including (87) children and (32) women as well as cases of (479) civilians who were injured among whom were (189) children and (48) women. 5

6 These incidents, attacks and violations are divided into five main chapters where in each chapter incidents are listed chronologically from the older to the latest. Chapter One This chapter focuses on indiscriminate attacks and firing live ammunition of bullets and anti-aircrafts. The chapter is divided into two main sub-chapters. The first focuses on victims of indiscriminate attacks on residential areas carried out by the armed conflict sides. The second subchapter concentrates on incidents of victims of firing live ammunition of bullets and anti-aircrafts. Chapter one documents (32) incidents of indiscriminate attacks that took place in the period between April 2015 and March As a result, at least (92) civilians were killed including (46) children and (10) women. At least (214) civilians were injured including (91) children and (15) women. The attacks this report documents present a sample out of scores of indiscriminate attacks that Mwatana Organization documented during the same period. The organization has documented cases of at least (190) killed civilians including (80) children and (27) women, in addition to (436) injured civilians including (173) children and (43) women as a result of these attacks. Chapter two documents (22) incidents where civilians were killed and injured as a result of firing live ammunition of bullets and anti-aircrafts during the period between April 2015 and March In these incidents, at least (11) civilians were killed including 4 children and 4 women in addition to cases of (15) injured civilians including 7 children and 1 woman. The incidents documented in this report are considered a sample of scores of incidents that Mwatana Organization has documented during the same period as the organization has documented the killing of at least (27) civilians including 7 children and 5 women. Similarly, Mwatana Organization documented the cases of at least (43) injured civilians including (16) children and (5) women. Research done by Mwatana Organization shows that Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) and forces loyal to former president Saleh are responsible for the majority of indiscriminate and bloody attacks launched on residential areas that are under the control of the popular resistance and forces loyal to president Hadi. Results of weapons analysis show that weapons used in the indiscriminate attacks, documented in this report, involve high-explosive mortar shells, RPG-7 shells and BM-21 GRAD 122 mm rockets. These attacks have hit civilian targets at times where civilians would be leading an ordinary life performing daily tasks at houses, on the streets and markets. Attacks of this type have also hit gatherings of children who would be playing in their neighborhoods, on rooftops of houses or who would be on their way to bring water and daily life basics. Ever since Houthi/Saleh militants came to Taiz, our lives and the city s life have turned into hell. People s conditions have changed. Some have lost their jobs and houses. Others had to close 6

7 down their shops and some lost their cars. The city s life has turned into hell. This is how Abd al-jaleel Mahyoob al-bashiri (50 years old) described how war has turned the life of civilians into hell. Abd al-jaleel lost his son Anas (7 years old) because of an indiscriminate shell that fell on al-kuwait Mosque neighborhood in Hawd al-ashraf east of the city of Taiz on Tuesday, 1 December The shell resulted in killing three children and injured at least 10 civilians including five children who were brining water from charity tanks that are distributed in the city. The International Humanitarian Law prohibits the use of unguided projectiles launched at heavily residential areas. This is due to the possibility of inaccurate aiming at specific targets as such projectiles are of an indiscriminate aiming nature by design. Such use is consequently a war crime. When accurate weapons are used to attack a military target that is located in the middle of a densely populated area, assessments must ensure the proportion of the attack. Failure in such assessments makes indiscriminate attacks a violation of the International Humanitarian Law and, therefore, a war crime. Chapter Two In this chapter, the report observes a number of incidents of field executions carried out by the popular resistance in Taiz during varying periods of time within the period the report focuses on. Mwatana Organization has documented a number of separate incidents where the popular resistance in the city carried out extrajudicial executions against opponents who are believed to sympathize, work for, or follow Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) and forces loyal to Saleh. Mwatana Organization has investigated (9) separate incidents that took place during the period covered in this report. These incidents occurred when the popular resistance managed to seize control over areas that were under control by Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis). The district of Mashra ah WaHadnan is an example of such areas. Similarly, there were other executions of this sort that were carried out in the center of the city. On Sunday 16 August 2015, the popular resistance executed Sana a University academic, Afif Abdullah al-rumaimah (45 years old) in front of his house in the district of Mashra ah WaHadnan at 8:30 am right after he was asked by the resistance to leave the house unarmed. Lubna Sadeq Abdullah al-rumaimah (25 years old) witnessed Afif Abdullah al-rumaimah s (45 years old) execution. She says: He was taken from home on Sunday 16 August 2015 between 8:00 and 9:00 am by militants that belong to the popular resistance as a result of the resistance seizing control over the area. He was taken to be part of negotiations that the popular resistance called for. My uncle Afif went out and said he would be a mediator between al-rumaimahs and the resistance. When he went out, the resistance s militants tied him up. He told them that he had no weapons in his house and that he never held a weapon in his whole life and that he was an academic at Sana a University who only wanted to reach a resolution with them. But they shot him dead. The victim s relatives mentioned in interviews with Mwatana Organization that the popular 7

8 resistance hid the body and then threw it from the top of Hayel Sae ed s High School then they claimed that he committed suicide. His body was out there on the street until 1:00 pm that day. Both the International Humanitarian Law and the Customary Humanitarian Law prohibit murder, torture and other forms of cruel inhumane treatment as well as enforced disappearance. Chapter Three In three subchapters, chapter two sheds light on the blockade, robbery of aid warehouses as well as attacks on humanitarian aid organizations and medical staff. This includes restrictions imposed on the entry of humanitarian aid, food supplies, consumer goods and medical supplies to the city. Based on the research done by Mwatana Organization, Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) alongside forces loyal to Saleh has imposed a blockade on the city of Taiz. They banned entry of aid, food and consumer goods as well as medicine and medical supplies to the city. This blockade began in late July and early August 2015 and was broken in March 2016 when the popular resistance seized control over the western entrance of the city. During that period and later on, the intensity of the blockade and restrictions has taken various extents from time to time. Medical services in the city have been affected by this blockade, which led to significant deterioration in services. Hospitals have lost the ability to get access to medical supplies, medicine, petroleum products and oxygen supplies, which are all vital for medical services provision. International Humanitarian Law requires the sides of the conflict to allow and ease passing and delivering humanitarian supplies to civilians. It also states that once the blockade becomes a collective punishment and starves civilians, then such a blockade should be banned and it may amount to a war crime. In this report, Mwatana Organization also sheds light on (4) incidents of assaults on relief organizations as well as robberies of humanitarian aid warehouses. During the armed conflict that has been taking place in Taiz, Mwatana Organization has investigated assaults carried out by the popular resistance and forces loyal to president Hadi on relief organizations as well as robbery of humanitarian aid warehouses during certain periods in the years 2015 and The report also includes (31) incidents of assaults and shelling on hospitals and medical facilities as well as robbery of hospitals property. These incidents resulted in killing 2 and injuring 7 others all of who are medical staff as well as recipients of medical treatment and their attendants. In addition, 1 incident of kidnapping 2 medical workers was documented. The results show that the number of hospitals and public as well as private medical centers that are still operating in the city of Taiz and neighborhoods near the city is at least (11) out of (26) public and private hospitals that used to operate during ordinary circumstances. The International Humanitarian Law requires war sides to ensure that humanitarian aid workers (individuals and agencies) are protected from assaults, harassment, terrorizing, and arbitrary arrests. War sides must also ensure that civilian humanitarian aid workers are granted 8

9 freedom of movement according to their duties. Additionally, the International Humanitarian Law prohibits targeting civilian sites and civilians. In this regard, hospitals and health facilities should enjoy special protection due to the nature of their function. Chapter Four This chapter deals with targeting schools and occupying them for military purposes by the conflict sides in Taiz since the beginning of the armed conflict in the city in April Both Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) as well as the popular resistance have equally occupied the majority of public and private schools. These schools were occupied due to the way they are in close proximity to either the locations of armed clashes areas or the touchlines in and around the city of Taiz. Also, these schools were used as headquarters, barracks as well as kitchens and food supplies stores. During the period between July 2015 and March 2016, Mwatana Organization documented the damage in at least (24) schools that was caused by shelling, occupation or military use during the period of the conflict in the city of Taiz. The organization documented Ansar Allah group (Houthis) occupation of at least (7) schools, on one hand, and the popular resistance occupation of at least (7) other schools on the other hand. Mwatana Organization has also documented the conflict sides alternation in occupying at least (7) schools (currently occupied by the popular resistance). This makes it total of (14) schools that are currently occupied by the popular resistance. The occupation is based on the military progress that is achieved during varying periods of time. Also, at least 3 schools were affected by attacks launched during war. United Nations Security Council Resolution (2225/2015) on children and armed conflicts calls conflict sides to respect the civilian nature of schools. Not only is this resolution calling to stop targeting schools but it also calls for putting an end to using schools for military purposes. The resolution expresses deep concerns regarding the military use of schools, which makes them legitimate military targets as a result. Chapter Five This chapter deals with the phenomenon of recruiting children for military purposes by sides of the armed conflict in Yemen. The frequency of this phenomenon has increased as the war broke out in March In Taiz, Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) as well as the popular resistance have recruited 9

10 children for military purposes. These purposes include guarding, checkpoints inspection in addition to using children in direct combat operations inside the city of Taiz as well as other frontlines in the governorate. During the period between April 2015 and March 2016, Mwatana Organization documented at least (27) cases of recruitment of children for military purposes carried by Ansar Allah (Houthis). Similarly, the organization documented at least (28) cases of recruitment of children for military purposes carried by the popular resistance. The Customary Humanitarian Law, Geneva Protocols, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibit the recruitment of children for military purposes and so do the Convention Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and lately the Statute of the International Criminal Court. According to the Convention Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor as well as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, those under 18 must not be recruited in armed groups or forces. 10

11 Recommendations Mwatana Organization for Human Rights calls: The United Nations to: Pressure for establishing an international independent mechanism to investigate allegations of violations committed by all conflict sides in Yemen. Urge conflict sides to answer to their legal duties. Increase efforts to meet the needs of internally displaced persons and those affected by war in addition to push for medical needs provision in a way that suits the scale of the tragedy. Formulate a comprehensive plan for humanitarian aid where United Nations entities cooperate to ensure contribution to addressing the humanitarian situation in Taiz. The United Nations Human Rights Council to: Establish an international independent mechanism to investigate allegations of violations committed by all conflict sides in Yemen. The Arab Group at the United Nations Human Rights Council to: Stop disabling the establishment of an international independent mechanism to investigate claims of violations committed by all the conflict sides in Yemen and show support to establishing an international independent investigation mechanism. 11

12 The European Union, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, China and Russia to: Support the establishment of an international independent mechanism to investigate allegations of violations committed by all conflict sides in Yemen. Call all conflict sides to answer to their commitments according to the International Humanitarian Law. Urge all sides to allow for humanitarian organizations accessibility to the city of Taiz as well as its effected rural areas. Ansar Allah Armed Group (Houthis) and Forces Loyal to Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to: Stop launching indiscriminate attacks on areas populated by civilian. Stay away and not locate near residential areas and places where civilians are located or where there are civilian targets and not launch attacks from such locations either. Stop targeting hospitals, medical centers as well as staff which all must be neutralized in addition to not locating at or near hospitals and medical centers as well as to not use them for military purposes such as arms storage. Immediately evacuate occupied schools and neutralize schools during armed conflicts with the popular resistance and forces loyal to president Hadi. Commit to the International Humanitarian Law and the Customary Humanitarian Law and discriminate between military and civilian targets. Stop shelling any civilian residential area in a random and indiscriminate manner that does not distinguish civilian sites from military targets or does not apply proportionating under the excuse that popular resistance militants or forces loyal to president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi are located in such areas. Reveal followed measures taken before, during and after attacks and whether any changes have been made in order to guarantee the protection of civilians after the incidents that resulted in killing and injuring civilians. Stop firing live ammunition in areas that are populated with civilians and stop using anti-aircrafts, which result in civilians falling victims of this in residential areas. Put an end to the imposed blockade on the city of Taiz and stop confiscating 12

13 and restricting the entry of humanitarian aid, food, consumer goods and medical supplies and quit policies of the collective punishment that is imposed on entire residential areas under the excuse that all residents are militants just because they are under the popular resistance s control. Facilitate and ensure safe evacuations for the ill, the elderly, children and their relatives in addition to civilians who want to leave, and pledge not to obstruct the process of leaving. Stop assaults on medical staff in hospitals and health facilities or field teams in order to guarantee that they are able to function and do their work. Commit militants from Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) as well as forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh to the International Humanitarian Law. Immediately stop children s recruitment and release all children under 18 years old who are fighting with the group. Conduct transparent investigations regarding attacks that resulted in killing and injuring civilians as well as attacks on hospitals, medical staff and workers in addition to what civilians in Taiz went through because of the blockade and to hold those responsible accountable for these violations. Officially announce support for the establishment of an international independent mechanism to investigate claims of violations committed by all the conflict sides in Yemen and to comply with this mechanism s authority. The Popular Resistance and Forces Loyal to President Hadi and the Internationally Acknowledged Government to: Stop launching attacks on areas populated by civilians. Stay away and not locate near residential areas and places where civilians are located or where there are civilian targets and not launch attacks from such locations either. Stop targeting hospitals, medical centers as well as staff which all must be neutralized in addition to not locating at or near hospitals and medical centers as well as to not use them for military purposes such as arms storage. Immediately evacuate occupied schools and neutralize schools during armed conflicts with Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. 13

14 Commit to the International Humanitarian Law and the Customary Humanitarian Law and discriminate between military and civilian targets. Stop shelling any civilian residential area in a random and indiscriminate manner that does not distinguish civilian sites from military targets or does not apply proportionating under the excuse that Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) or forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh are located in such areas. Reveal followed measures taken before, during and after attacks and whether any changes have been made in order to guarantee the protection of civilians after the incidents that resulted in killing and injuring civilians. Stop firing live ammunition in areas that are populated with civilians and stop using anti-aircrafts, which result in civilians falling victims of this in residential areas. Stop assaults on relief organizations and robbery of humanitarian aid. Immediately stop extrajudicial executions of war prisoners or civilians under the excuse that they either assist or belong to Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis). Commit militants from the popular resistance as well as forces loyal to president Hadi to the International Humanitarian Law. Immediately stop children s recruitment and release all children under 18 years old who are fighting with the resistance. Conduct transparent investigations regarding attacks they launched that resulted in killing and injuring civilians as well as assaults on relief organizations and robbery of aid warehouses in addition to incidents of extrajudicial executions of war prisoners and civilians and mutilation of the bodies and to hold those responsible for these violations accountable. Officially announce support for the establishment of an international independent mechanism to investigate claims of violations committed by all the conflict sides in Yemen and to comply with this mechanism s authority. 14

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