On the sidelines of the 37th session of Human Rights Council currently being held in Geneva, the Yemeni Group to Monitor Human Rights Violations issued here today its third annual statement on human rights in Yemen in 2017. In a symposium on the occasion, Mutahar Al-Bizaiji, the executive officer of the group described the state of human rights in Yemen as so sensitive and complicated, noting that the armed struggle which entered its fourth year was marred by bloodshed, violence and ugliness against civilians. He said that the group has monitored during 2017 that as many as 2260 killed, 2780, injured, by attacks,snibers, mines, or illegal executions or death under torture or other ways of assassination. He said they include 337 killed and 544 injured among children, 140 killed and 283 injured women and 128 killed and 179 injured among the elders. He added that the Houthi militias and their associates are held responsible of killed as many as 1324 and injuring 2295, citing Taez as the main theatre of most human rights violations, followed by Al-Joaf, Hijja, Sanaa, Maareb, Shabwa, Saada, Al-Baida, Al-Dalea, Luhaj and Al-Hodeida. He said that abrupt attacks have resulted in the killing of 341 in Taez, 92 in Al-Hodeida, 84 in Saada, 76 in Maareb, 64 in Al-Daleh. He quoted the statement as reporting the number of assassinations committed by the Houthi militias as 157 activists, opponents and military servicemen in a number of Yemeni provinces, led by Taez where 78 fell victims of foul plots. He said nearly 80 were victims of unknown gunmen attacks. The group has investigated 615 missing cases, 4392 abductions and arbitrary arrests of civilians, politicians, activists and opponents. He demanded the UN Security Council to mount further pressure on the Houthi militias to implement the council's resolutions relevant to the situation in Yemen, citing resolution No. 22216.
