While a human rights organization accused the Houthi militia of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing against the people of the Hajour tribe in Hajjah Governorate, northwestern Yemen, the British Ambassador to Yemen, Richard Oppenheim, today (Sunday) called on the Yemeni parties to make concessions with the aim of ending the war.
“The Yemenis have the best chance to end the war and achieve peace,” Oppenheim said in tweets on his Twitter account.
The British ambassador stressed the need to respect Yemen’s sovereignty and address long-term political issues, reiterating his country’s support for any political agreement.
Oppenheim called for the importance of involving all parties, including women and minorities, in any future agreement.
On the other hand, a report issued by Irada Organization against Torture and Enforced Disappearance revealed that the Hajur tribes in Hajjah governorate have been subjected to continuous violations since the militia’s attempts to invade the tribal areas in 2011, leading to the invasion of its five districts in 2019.
The report, entitled “Hajur… the Bleeding Wound”, stated that the violations varied between cases of killing and abuse of civilians during the invasion, field executions of the wounded, liquidation of others, displacement and displacement of thousands of families, bombing of homes, confiscation and looting of money, lands, farms and property, and carrying out large-scale kidnappings of tribe members from their homes and from their homes. Roads even in other governorates, accusing the militia of liquidating 117 civilians during its repeated campaigns in the Hajur areas, wounding 537 others, including 12 women and 14 children, and kidnapping 337 members of the Hajur tribe, including 5 children. The report indicated that there are 7 abductees who are still forcibly hidden in Houthi prisons, indicating that the militia blew up 34 homes, while completely and partially destroying 713 homes, and displacing 882 families.
The report reviewed examples of documented human crimes and ethnic cleansing crimes committed by the militia, beginning with its direct targeting of civilians with excessive force and heavy weapons, from ballistic missiles to artillery, tanks and rocket launchers, according to the scorched earth policy, which led to the killing of entire families of civilians, and the use of a comprehensive siege before it invaded the districts. , and prevented them from water, food and medicine and isolated them from the world for several months.
