[05/02/2022 03:31]

Aden – Saba
Human rights activists affirmed that the Houthi militia's use of civilians as human shields reflects its terrorist ideology, calling on the international community to take a firm stance against these militias and label them on the lists of global terrorism, given the ongoing crimes they have committed against civilians, facilities and civilian objects since their overthrow of the Yemeni government in 2014.

In a virtual symposium entitled (Houthi’s Use of Civilians as Human Shields..the Escalation of Military Militias and Disruption of Peace Opportunities), the head of the Humane Association for Rights, Faisal Al-Qaifi, indicated that Houthis are still using civilians as human shields and enlisting them in the militia's various military operations, in a clear violation of international law.

The militia is detaining civilians in military locations, storing weapons in civilian locations such as schools and hospitals, and using residential places as a launching sites for rockets and projectiles, a method also used by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia and criminalized by international law. Journalist and political researcher Wadah Al-Jalil confirmed that the Houthi militia hasve been using civilians as human shields, starting from the villages of Saada in 2004, noting that the Houthi movement transferred the kidnapped civilians to military sites and weapons depots places to use them as human shields to protect his fighters.

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