Fighting in Saada displaced 50 thousand people, report

الإثنين 05 مايو 2008 الساعة 07 مساءً / Mareb Press
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A local report reveals that more than 50 thousand people are homeless, epidemic and infectious disease are spread and many schools are closed as a result of the last war between Houthi rebels and the army in Saada province.

The Human Rights Report for 2007 issued by the Yemeni Observatory for Human Rights says more than 114 buildings including 4 mosques and health centers were transferred to military barracks.

"79 houses were completely destroyed and 74 houses partially destroyed. Also, 5 mosques and 8 schools were partially damaged," the report added.

According to the report, many members of Zaidi sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, and al-Houthi supporters were arrested or disappeared.

The report says some 286 people have been lost since the conflict began in 2004 and about 2000 people were arrested in the last war.

The report adds that the detentions were taken place in Sa'ada, Sana'a, Amran, Hajja, Dhammar and Hudeidah. Some 370 people are put in prison for illegal justifications, the report adds.

Some detainees were exposed to psychological and physical torture and humiliating and inhuman treatment. A lot of detainees were put in small and poorly-ventilated prison cells, the report says. 

The report points out that Hesham Hajr is one of the victims of violations because the detention bodies refused to transfer him to hospital.

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