Report reveals year of Houthi human rights abuses in Yemen - in pictures

The Yemeni Coalition to Monitor Human Rights Violations issued the report documenting the atrocities in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, along with the governorates of Taez, Lahej, Hodiedah, Addali’e, Abyan, Dhamar, and Shabwa.

The report compiles a year’s worth of field research by monitors from September 21, 2014 to August 15, 2015.

Nearly 4,900 people have been killed in the fighting since March, according to the United Nations.

Human rights violations have now reached an unprecedented level in Yemen’s history, the report said.

The report found that 3,074 people were killed, about 20 per cent of whom were women and children.

A total of 5,894 people were arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared, 4,640 of them were released and 1,254 people remain in captivity, monitors said.

The report calls on Yemen’s government, the rebels, and the international community to implement UN resolution 2216, which calls for the Houthis to lay down their arms and withdraw from areas they have captured.

The violations have affected men, women, children, property and Yemen’s natural environment.

7,347 civilians wounded due to random shelling, at least 25 per cent of whom were women and children, the report said.

Some are also used as human shields in areas where coalition air strikes are taking place, in clear violation of national and international law.

In September, Houthi rebels and their allies among Saleh’s loyalists took over Sanaa.

In March, a Saudi Arabia-led coalition began an air campaign meant to defeat the rebels and restore Mr Hadi to power.

In February, Houthi rebels and their allies forced Mr Hadi and his government to flee the capital.

In July, the southern port city of Aden was liberated by pro-government forces backed by coalition troops, including Emirati soldiers.

The fighting between rebels and pro-government forces backed by coalition troops is now focused in Marib governorate, which lies West of Sanaa.

The report said detainees are frequently mistreated and deprived of basic needs, such as food, water and proper hygiene and sanitation conditions.

Human rights violations have now reached an unprecedented level in Yemen’s history.

The report calls on Yemen’s government, the rebels, and the international community to implement UN resolution 2216, which calls for the Houthis to lay down their arms and withdraw from areas they have captured.

Nearly 4,900 people have been killed in the fighting since March, according to the United Nations.

Houthi rebels and troops loyal to Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have committed a series of crimes, according to a report released on Saturday. All photos courtesy Yemeni Coalition to Monitor Human Rights Violations