SAM condemns Houthi militia’s war crimes against civilians in Yemen
September Net
SAM Organizations for Rights and Liberties has called on the international community to save unarmed civilians in Yemen from the crimes the Houthi militia has been committing against them.
In a statement on Monday, the Geneva-based organization “denounced the war crimes against Yemeni civilians committed by the Houthis militia through the indiscriminate bombing that claimed the lives of more than 15 civilians, including children and women during two days on 27 and 28 April, in addition to damages inflicted on properties in Al-Dhale Taiz and Al-Bayda provinces”.
“Houthis militia in al-Kadahah area, in Taiz city, fired Katyusha rockets at Abdullah Abdulghani Murad house, in Mashrafa village, Wadi Bani Khawlan, Jabal Habashi district, killing 5 family members; the 30-year mother and 4 children, and destroyed the house,” SAM said.
The statement added that the Houthi militia “killed Ali Saleh Al-Habagi Al-Humaiqani, 3, and injured three more children, and one woman, after the Houthis militia tanks fired at Al-Habag area, Al-Zaher district.”
The Chairman of SAM Tawfeq Al-Humeidi, expressed his “concern over the silence of the international community, namely the UN special envoy, on the violations the civilians are exposed to, without taken serious stand against the perpetuators.”
The rights group warned that targeting civilians by Katyusha and tank shelling, indiscriminately, is a clear violation to the international law, and violates the distinction principle, according to Rome Statutes of the ICC, noting the recurrence of such attacks by Houthis militia, which is indication to the celebrate nature of such attacks.”
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