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Human rights report monitoring the second forced displacement of the population of the district of Jabal Habashi in Taiz in 2017

This report documents the incident of forced displacement of the residents of the villages of (Al- Dar, Al- Qaedah, Al- Kadrah, Al- Qawz, Al- Madafin, Shi’bat Ayyash, Ma’azulah, and Mihal Zura’e) by the Houthi Militia. The documented facts held with us confirm that the Houthi militia, after their full control of these villages, waged many raids, home intrusions, looting, incinerating some of them and forcing the villagers to leave their homes.

The documented facts held with YCMHRV confirm that the Houthi group caused the displacement of (184) families of (8) rural villages of Al-Ashrouh sub-district in Jabal Habashi district. Those displaced families, made up of (980) individuals including (451) children and (262) women, were displaced at gunpoint, leaving behind them all their properties, belongings and the means of their living just to save their lives.

According to the figures and statistics included in the report, the village of “Ma’azulah” holds the highest rate of displaced villagers: with (451) displaced families followed by the village of “Al- Qawz” with (285) displaced families, the village of “Al- Qaedah” with (75) displaced families, and the village of "Al- Madafin” with (63) displaced families. The remaining figures were distributed among the villages of (Al- Dar, Shi’bat Ayyash and Mihal Zura’e) respectively, as shown in table No. (1).

Statistics documented by RASD monitoring team also shows that (20) families were forcibly displaced to the area of Bani Bokari, (20) families to Al-Mihal, (18) families to Al- Nujab, (13) families to Al- Qubah, (11) families to Quraidha, (10) families to Al-Hifar, (3) families to Al-Adheer, (3) families to Al-Ashrouh, (2) families to Bani Shaibah and (3) families were distributed on Al-Haqal, Al-Zareeba and Al-Adaf in Al-Ashrouh sub-district in Jabal Habashi district.

Another group of (24) families were displaced to the city of Taiz, (9) families to the area of Duba’a, (6) families to Al-Dharibah, (6) families to Al-Nashmah, (5) families to Al-Bireen, (4) families to the city of Aden and (3) families to Al-Rahba.

Forced displacement represented a real disaster to the residents of these villages which no one could imagine, especially in a rural society that totally depended on traditional agriculture and livestock breeding. The disaster became even worse when the displaced persons were prevented from taking any of their furniture or personal belongings. This has aggravated the deteriorating living conditions of the displaced villagers in the areas to which they have resorted.