Black Shame Report Summary (Storming of Houses)

Rasd Coalition team has documented the killing and wounding of (1304) civilians by Houthis militia during its raid on civilians’ homes in (17) Yemeni governorates during the period from July 2014 to late December 2020, including (148) children and (194) women and (125) elderly people, the majority of whom are heads and housewives, who rejected militias’ attempts to break into their homes in order to loot and blow them up or seize and turn them into military barracks or to prevent the militias from abducting some of their relatives, or out of revenge for their stances against the Houthis militia.

Documented figures and statistics indicate that (566) civilians, including (51) children, (64) women and (69) elderly people were killed and (740) others, including (97) children, (130) women and (56) elderly, were injured as a result of the repeated Houthi raids to civilians’ homes, violating their sanctity, and assaulting the lives, safety and security of their residents, including women, children and the elderly.

Houthi raids accompanied with firing live bullets from Kalashnikovs, light and medium machine guns, throwing hand grenades, some explosive materials and RBG shells, as well as beating with hands, batons, rifle butts, and stabbing with (the Yemeni dagger).

Statistics indicate that (521) civilians, including (41) children, (53) women and (67) elderly people were killed as a result of the intense firing of live bullets by the Houthi militia when they raided the homes, while (21) others were killed, including a child and (4) women by fragments of RBG shells and explosive materials.

Rasd Coalition team verified and documented the killing of (15) other civilians, including (4) children, (6) women and an elderly man, as a result of beatings that led to death and stabbing with sharp objects, including knives, in addition to two cases of miscarriage of two fetuses in Al-Mahwet and Taiz governorates, as well as the killing of (3) children and an 18-year-old girl in the latter using inflammable materials.

A number of (484) civilians, including (77) children, (57) women and (40) elderly men, were injured due to the excessive use of Kalashnikov, light and medium machine guns and explosive materials by the Houthi militia during its raid on homes in the reported governorates, as well as injuring (256) Others, including (20) children, (73) women and (16) elderly people, as a result of beatings with hands, rifle butts and batons, and stabbing with the Yemeni dagger.

In total, the vulnerable groups; women, children and the elderly constitute 36% of the total civilian casualties who fell as a result of the Houthis’ raid on their homes during the period covered by the report, and these groups constitute 33% of the total number of dead and 38% of the total number of injured.

According to documented information obtained by the Rasd Coalition team, there are other victims who were not included in the figures listed in this report, among them hundreds of children who still suffer from psychological disorders and bed-wetting as a result of intimidation that they faced with their families when their homes were raided by Houthi militias.

These Houthi raids on homes in the covered governorates were also accompanied by looting, seizure, bombing, causing total and partial damage to thousands of homes that were raided, and the displacement of hundreds of families who became homeless.

The figures and statistics shown in the attached table below this summary show a clear lead for the Yemeni governorates under full control by the Houthi militia, namely Ibb governorate, which ranked first with (177) dead and wounded, including (17) children, (31) women and (14) elderly, followed by the capital Sana'a, with a total of (163) dead and wounded, including (10) children, (16) women and (14) elderly.

Dhamar governorate comes in third place with 122 dead and wounded civilians as a result of Houthi raids on their homes, including (16) children, (29) women and (12) elderly, followed by Hodiedah governorate, which is subject to the “Stockholm” agreement, which was also recorded (119) civilians killed and wounded in the Houthi raids on homes, including (7) children, (27) women and (15) elderly people.

Sana’a governorate came in fifth place, with a total of (114) dead and wounded civilians, including (9) children, (7) women and (5) elderly, followed by Hajjah governorate with (88) dead and wounded, including (9) children and (7) women and (7) elderly people.

Amran governorate, ranked seventh with (81) cases of killing and wounding among civilians as a result of Houthi raids on their homes, including (6) children, (11) women and (6) elderly, followed by Sa'da governorate with a total of (68) dead and wounded, including two children, two women and (9) elderly people.

Other violations were distributed between the liberated Yemeni governorates, and that are still experiencing conflict and others under the control of the Houthi militia, and they are in descending order in the table below, which are; Taiz, Al-Bayda, Addalie, Aden, Lahj, Al-Jouf, Shabwa, Al-Mahwet, and Raima. Marib and Abyan governorates also witnessed Houthi raids on homes, however no casualties were reported.