Abdiyah Besieged
A Human rights report uncovering the crimes of the Houthi armed group in the siege of civilians in
the Abdiyah Directorate, Marib province.
From 1 January 2020 to 1 October 2021

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An overview ofMarib Governorate
the main

Marib city is located at a distance of 173 square kilometers,

artery of thesoutheast of the capital, Sana'a, and the population of thiscountry's economy and agovernorate includes %1.2 of the Republic of Yemen

major tributary of the general treasury of

population, according to the population census in 2004. thenumber of Marib's districts is 14, distributed over (20,023)

the country. It continues to defend and confront Houthi

square kilometers is the total area of the governorate. Maribaggression on various fighting fronts.

boarders Al-Jawf governorate on the north, Shabwa &Nearly 3 million displaced people from Houthi-controlled

Hadramout from the east, Al-Bayda & Shabwa from the south,

areas have flocked to Marib Governorate in search of a decent

and Sana'a from the west.

life, stability and a safe place, which they found in Marib, which

Marib Governorate is one of the most monuments-richembraced the people of Yemen from all governorates. A

provinces in archaeological monuments, such as historicalmodel for the existence of the Yemeni state and its various

monuments ( Marib Dam - Arash Bilqis (the throne of Bilqis)

organs and institutions that operate according to theand( Awam temple.(

directions of the state, its legitimate head, and the

Marib Governorate is one of the rich Yemeni governorates in(internationally recognized government, which has multipliedoil, gas, and minerals) and is considered the main producer ofthe Houthi hatred for the continuously brutal targeting of theliquefied natural gas in the country, and it has the largest gas

governorate, and hundreds of civilian casualties, including

reserves. According to economists, the governorate ranks

women and children.

second in the Arab world in terms of gas reserves. It is also2

Al-Abdiyah District is located in thein the southernmost part of the
Marib governorate and it is theclosest of the southern Marib
districts to the Al Bayda
Governorate. It is bordered to thesouth by the Mahlia district, throughwhich the asphalt line passes, andwhich connects the governorates of
Al-Bayda and Mar'ib, to the north by
the districts of Ain and Harib, to theeast by Al-Sawadiyah and Numan
districts, and to the west by the
Harib Al-Jinnah district..

An Overview
AbdiyahDirectorate

Currently, more than 35,000 people of different ages live in
the Al-Abdiyah district, distributed among more than 15
tribes and more than 5,300 families in the center of the
district and its outskirts, united by one name, the tribes ofBani Abd.
Al-Abdiyah directorate is a historical district with many
historical Sabaean and Islamic monuments. One of the mostprominent Islamic monuments is the of Al-Tabe’i, Uwais Ibn
Amer Al-Qarni Masjed, in which he was born and lived for aperiod of time. The Abdiyah directorate was named by thisname in relation to the worship of the people of the region to
God and their asceticism. It also has the historic village of

Al-Hajar, the Saqiat Ramda, Jerb Al-Suq, Al-Khraib, thevillages of Al-Sail and the historic Wardan Mountain, whichis considered one of the highest mountains in Yemen and thehighest mountain peak in the Marib governorate, and thevillage of Al-Qira, Al-Mahkamah, Wahid Al-Khidr and many
places that contain many ancient Sabaean inscriptions. It
also has the largest dam in Marib Governorate after the
Marib Dam, which is the Al-Hajla Dam.
The Abdiyah Directorate has produced many men of thenational movement throughout ancient and contemporary
history among them the martyred leader Abd al-Rab
al-Shaddadi, may God rest his soul.

3Introduction
Since the coup of the Houthi group against the legitimate authority in the capital of Yemen Sana'a, and the rest of thegovernorates under its control on September 2014 ,21, the Houthi group has been practicing all kinds of violations and crimes
against civilians, innocents, children, and women in various governorates. It imposed its control by force of arms over thecountry's civil and military institutions. However, the Houthi group was unable to impose its control over the MaribGovernorate, which has become a destination for all Yemenis who were forcibly displaced by the Houthi militias from theirhomes, villages, and cities. Marib city has become a havenfor all citizens from all governorates, bringing the numberof displaced people there to nearly three million,
according to the estimates of the local authorityThe Houthi
militias violate international laws, and they besiege cities
and villages far from military sites and targets. They also
send ballistic missiles, rocket-propelled grenades, andbooby-trapped planes to populated areas and IDPs
camps. They systematically and openly target civilians
and children, causing severe damage to lives, private
properties, homes, and the displaced camps.
Marib Governorate has been and still is subject toappalling crimes and violations by the Houthi militia
against civilians and the displaced, including the militia’s
targeting civilians with more than (300) ballistic missiles
and an attempt to destabilize security by firing projectiles
and ballistic missiles, and mine-laying in all areas it reaches.
According to the IDPs unit of the local authority in the Marib governorate, the displacement camps have increased to reachmore than (140) IDPs camps through the executive unit in the governorate due to the increase in violations and crimes
committed by the Houthi militia in targeting IDP camps.

4Despite the unanimous adoption of several UN Security Council resolutions obligating the Houthi militia toallow the UN humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners to reach those in need of assistancequickly, safely, and without hindrance, the Houthi militia continues to commit crimes of siege and starvation ofcivilians and prevent them from humanitarian aids to force them to surrender and submit to their repressive
devices.
The Houthi militia continues its violations, ignoring the repeated to lift the siege on the people of the Abdiya
district in Marib governorate and to immediately provide humanitarian agencies with quick, safe andunobstructed access to the Abdyah and other districts that are experiencing a suffocating siege and throughthe shortest paths, and allow humanitarian access to all those in need.
However, Houthi militias did not comply with those calls and warnings, and continue to commit the horrificcrimes of the siege, This poses a threat and danger to the lives of hundreds of starving and sick children andwomen. In addition, thousands of people have been forcibly displaced to other cities of the legitimate
Government.
We are in the Human Rights Office in the Marib Governorate through the Monitoring and Documentation Unit,
and in this report, We highlight part of the Houthi crimes in the siege of the Abdiyah Directorate and the practiceof various violations against the district people and the prevention of food and medical supplies in violation of
all the covenants of the world.

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The Legal Framework

Targeting of Civilians
The rules of international humanitarian law forbid attacks on civilians, obligating the contracting parties to takeappropriate measures to keep civilians from being affected by war operations. This has been noted in the Fourth
Geneva Convention (ratified by the Yemeni government) regarding the protection of civilians in times of war in 1949,
which recognizes the general protection of children as civilian persons who do not participate in hostilities. It also
recognizes them with special protection contained in at least seventeen articles, and since the two protocols of 1977
and the Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 are an expression of the important progress made ininternational humanitarian law, they give children special and increased protection against the effects of hostilities.
Article 13, Part IV of the Second Additional Appendix (Protocol) 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts states the following:
1. The civilian population and individual civilians shall enjoy general protection against the dangers arising frommilitary operations. To give effect to this protection, the following rules shall be observed in all circumstances.
2. The civilian population as such, as well as individual civilians, shall not be the object of attack. Acts or threats ofviolence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.
3. Civilians shall enjoy the protection afforded by this Part, unless and for such time as they take a direct part inhostilities.

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Civilian Objects

Article 14 of Part IV of the Second Additional Annex (Protocol) to the Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949 relative to the Protection of Victims of
Non-International Armed Conflicts provides for the protection of objects
indispensable to the survival of the civilian population.
Starvation of civilians as a method of combat is prohibited. Therefore, it isprohibited, to this end, to attack, destroy, move or render useless objects
indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as foodstuffs,
agricultural areas that produce them, crops, livestock, drinking water
facilities and networks, and irrigation works.

Children Protection

All conventions, protocols, and instruments relating to the rights ofchildren, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its
protocols, provide for the protection of children and not to be targeted or
harmed by the conflicting parties, whether during peace or in a state of war,
which is not adhered to by the armed Houthi group.

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Description ofsiege andstarvation in
the Abdiyah
Directoratein the light ofinternationallaw

The right to food, treatment and basic and vital services is a natural right for a human being tosurvive. Therefore, we hardly find a branch of international law devoid of affirming this rightand preventing resorting to depriving people of it, whatever the means used in thatdeprivation, starting with international human rights law. Passing through international
humanitarian law, and ending with international criminal law.
In international human rights law, Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
states that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health andwell-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing and medical care. This right isalso stipulated in Article 11 of the International Covenant on Human Rights. economic, social,and cultural rights, and affirms the right of every human being to be free from hunger.

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As for international humanitarian law, which aims to protect
people who do not participate in armed conflicts, or who havestopped participating in them, it protects civilians during armed
conflicts and sets rules for this protection within the Fourth
Geneva Convention, as well as Article 3 common to the four
Geneva Conventions. It is the article that included cases of
non-international armed conflicts, in addition to the two
additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions, especially thesecond protocol, in which starvation is of clear importance, andsince the legal description of the situation in Yemen, from thepoint of view of international law, is “a non-international armed
conflict.” ”, where the International Committee of the Red Cross
has dealt with the situation in Yemen since 2014 under thisdescription, as well as the United Nations in its sponsorship of
the peace negotiations in Yemen, under the umbrella of the UN
Security Council resolution, dealing with the Yemeni issue as a
non-international armed conflict; Respecting the rules ofgeneral international law in general, and international
humanitarian law in particular, exemplified by the four Geneva
Conventions of 1949 and the protocols attached to them, ismandatory for all parties to the armed conflict, given that Yemen
is a signatory to these conventions, and it is obligated to submit to
all its rules, including the Houthi militia.
Modern international humanitarian law prohibits starvation ofcivilians - that is, deliberately depriving them of food - as amethod of warfare, as in Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the

Geneva Conventions in 1977, as well as Additional Protocol II
issued in the same year, Article 13 of which protects civilians ingeneral from The dangers arising from military operations, sothat they are not subject to attack and acts of violence, and it also
protects them from using starvation as a method of fighting, andthe matter is no different indirect or accidental starvation. It also
refers to the destruction of civilian objects, such as drinking
water facilities, intending to deprive the population of water, forexample. The concept of starvation becomes not limited to its
narrow meaning, i.e. depriving the population of food, but also
includes the broad meaning that includes depriving the
population or not providing them with the necessary living needs.
It also prohibits the attack and destruction of agricultural areasthat produce foodstuffs, crops, livestock, and irrigation
networks, for the specific purpose of stripping them of their value
as a staple of the life of the affected population. Civilians or the
opposing party, whatever the motive, and this is what Article
2/8/b/25 of the Rome Statute stipulates, which confirmed that
deliberately starving civilians as a method of warfare bydepriving them of materials indispensable to their survival including relief supplies
As stipulated in the Geneva
Conventions, it constitutes a war crime, and Article 23 of the
Fourth Geneva Convention required the Contracting Parties toensure the passage of necessary consignments of food destinedfor the civilian population, even if they were from the adversary.

and if starvation is prohibited by international law, whether original or incidental; The ban remains in place regardlessof its objective with the actor. It may be starvation to kill civilians or forcibly displace the population by starving them,and in both cases, it is a war crime, according to the Rome Statute that reinforces what is stated in the Geneva
Conventions, especially Article 54 of Additional Protocol I, as mentioned above.
And since it was established through credible reports issued by many international and local organizations, inaddition to the many presses and media reports, and the images circulated by various media outlets, which show theeffects of the siege on civilians in different areas of Yemen, at the hands of the Houthi militia, The siege is still ongoing.
The Houthi militia deliberately prevents the entry of foodstuffs to the besieged civilians, and targets the civilian
objects necessary for the continuation of the lives of these besieged people, despite repeated calls by international
and local organizations for the necessity of facilitating the entry of supplies, food, and medicine for the besieged
civilians in the Abdiyah district.

Reportmethodology
In the present report, the Monitoring and Documentation Group hasrelied on a number of procedures in the monitoring anddocumentation process under internationally recognized standards,
by collecting information, receiving complaints and reports, theinvestigations conducted by the team, the evidence obtained, thestatements of the victims and their relatives, the testimonies of
witnesses, and the medical staff in the hospital of the directorate, thereport of the Executive Unit for the Displaced in Marib Governorate,
and reports issued by international & local organizations, and basedon the testimonies of experts specialized in various fields.
The report also relied on the investigation, careful monitoring,
testimonies from the people of the directorate, telephone contact,and communication, according to the principles and rules ofmonitoring and documentation in force internationally.

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Executive
Summary

Al-Abdiyah Directorate, which has no
military brigades, camps, or military
targets, is exposed to the worst
humanitarian disaster caused by the siegeof the Houthi criminal group without any
justification. It faces a deficit and a shortageof all basic requirements.
About 35,000 people and 3,500 families ofcivilians, most of them are women, children,sick, and elderly people, are exposed to thebiggest crime and catastrophe against
civilians practiced by the Houthi militia,
besieging and starving them, and preventing
food, medicine, and medical supplies
against the people of the Al-Abdiyah
Directorate, as well as the siege iscontinuing in a flagrant crime accompanied
by international silence suspicious.
The lack of clean water and the resort ofcivilians in the Abdiyah district to drinking
from contaminated water is too dangerous.
More than 35 thousand people arethreatened with diseases and epidemics,
and dozens of them may lose their lives dueto these health disasters, especiallychildren and women.
The monitoring team documented the deathof (3) civilians due to the siege imposed by
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the Houthi group, and their inability to reachhospitals for treatment. The lack of cleanwater and the resort of civilians in the
Abdiyah district to drinking fromcontaminated water is too dangerous. Morethan 35 thousand people are threatenedwith diseases and epidemics, and dozens ofthem may lose their lives due to these healthdisasters, especially children and women.
The monitoring team documented the deathof (3) civilians due to the siege imposed by
the Houthi group, and their inability to reachhospitals for treatment.
The team also monitored (9827) children inneed of health care, providing the necessary
medical and health needs. The continuationof the siege, which doubles the seriousnessof their health and nutritional status, and inneed of urgent intervention to overcome thehorrific deterioration of children, which
stipulates the International Convention for
the Protection of children and its protocols
on the need to protect children duringconflicts armed forces and provide all their
medical and food needs.
The statistics monitored by the team saythat severe malnutrition is spreadingamong children due to the Houthi siege,
and there are medical warnings andappeals to save the lives of (4265)children due to malnutrition.

According to the primary healthestimates of the directorate, the numberof (3415) women need primary healthcare, and the continuation of their careby the medical and health authorities,
and their lives and their children may be
exposed to great dangers due to thesiege.
The team monitored (23) people withkidney failure who need medicines ,supplies, and transferred them tohospitals and health centers outside thedirectorate, because the directorate has
only primitive health centers and cannot
provide the necessary medical needs forthese patients, and because of the siege
imposed by the Houthi group on the
directorate, their lives may beendangered.
The team also documented (11) cancer
patients who are in dire need ofcontinuous treatments and medicines,
but due to the suffocating siege on the
directorate, patients are unable toprovide the medicines and supplies theyneed.
Houthi militias prevent the arrival of
medical teams and crews to the villagesof the district, which causes a medical
and health disaster among civilians, andis considered a full-fledged war crime.
he Houthi group continues to obstructand prevent the arrival of food aid andinternational and local organizations
that play their relief and humanitarianrole, and was unable to reach the district
due to the siege, especially during therecent period to impose starvation andsiege on the free people of the district.
The Monitoring and Documentation Unit
team at the Human Rights Office in MaribGovernorate investigated the violations
and grave crimes carried out by the
Houthi group against civilians, including
the military attacks, which amounted to(2523) attacks on the villages of
Al-Abdiyah district.
The office team monitored the crime ofplanting mines by the Houthi group,
which amounted to (4,289) individual
mines, of which (262) civilians were
injured, distributed between (213) men
and (32) women, while the number ofchildren injured (26) due to mines.
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The team monitored a number of (135)casualties due to the rockets andmissiles that targeted the district. Theyvaried between (87) men, (31) women,and (17) children.
The number of kidnappings and arbitraryarrests against civilians from the
Al-Abdiyah district reached (3278), in
flagrant violation of freedom of
movement.
A number of (18) educational schools
stopped teaching due to being targetedby rocket-propelled grenades. As aresult, (8392) male and female students
stopped studying due to the siege andtargeting of civilian objects, including
educational institutions.
The Houthi militia also occupied one
school and used it in its military
operations to increase the siege andtarget civilians with various weapons.
The Houthi militia targeted (442) carsand vehicles of civilians who had nothing
to do with the military side while they
were traveling inside the district, in
violation of all local and internationallaws.
Through investigation, gathering
information, and listening totestimonies, theintentions, and purpose of the Houthi group and their priorknowledge of the systematic targeting of the district and thesiege and starvation imposed on the people of the district
through their statements and confessions of the militaryattack against civilians in the districts adjacent to the districtof Al-Abdiya and the imposition of a suffocating siege, theHouthi group did not deny its crimes and declare themthrough the means different media. The Houthi group is
continuing its crimes in violation of international and local
laws in terms of violations and inhumane practices, in aclear and clear violation of all norms, traditions, values , andreligious and moral principles.

under the pretext that humanitarian and relief aid would
reach civilians, but its removal from the list of terrorism
encouraged it to commit more crimes, especially againstchildren and women. Targeting, besieging, and starving
civilians and preventing the entry of food, medicine, andmedical supplies, directly and repeatedly, confirms that the
Houthi group, by targeting civilian objects, populated areas,
camps for displaced people, schools, health and educational
facilities, gas stations, and targeting medical staff andambulances, reveals the hostile face. And the criminality ofthis group, which seeks to harm and harm as many civilians
as possible, is inconsistent with all international laws,
instruments, rules, charters, and covenants, which require afirm stance from the international community to stoptargeting civilians, children, and women.

The armed Houthi movement had previously been classified
by the US administration during the era of US President"Donald Trump" and was removed from the list of terroristgroups after the new US President "John Biden" took over,14

Siege and systematic
starvation of the Abdiyah DirectorateSince 2015, Houthi militias have been
trying to break into the Abdiyah
Directorate, but since the first day they
have been rejected and faced
resistance, but after the recent events,
specifically after the fall of the Harib
district on September 2021 ,21, theHouthi militia imposed a suffocatingsiege on 35,000 people, the majority
are women, children and the elderly.
which caused The majority of theresidents of the district, who depend to
buy their needs from the Qania market
and Harib market near the district,which were recently controlled by the
Houthi militia, have run out of food
stuffs, especially baby milk andmaterials such as flour, sugar, rice,cooking oils, in addition to a complete
lack of household gas and petroleum
products.
The lack of medicines from the hospitalof the Martyr Ali Abdul-Mughni, on
which the majority of all residents ofthe district depend, and at the forefrontof those medicines that treat chronic
diseases such as medicines fordiabetes, pressure, cancer and kidney

failure, and there is a complete lack ofinsulin doses, tools for diabetes andblood pressure.
The electricity stopped completely due
to the lack of diesel, and as a result thelaboratory stopped working, which
resulted in almost no exit from many
hospital services, and there is a lack ofpotable water as a result of the Houthis
preventing traders from entering
mineral water, forcing the residents of
the Directorate to drink salty andpolluted water.
On the agricultural side, many crops
and animal feed are threatened bydrought as a result of the total lack ofdiesel, which farmers depend on toirrigate agricultural lands and on
which the majority of the population
depends for their livelihood andlivelihood.
The siege and repeated attacks withheavy weapons doubled thepsychological conditions of civilians
and increased cases of panic andterror among women, children andedical staff, some of whom had to leave
the district with great difficulty16and risks, some of whom are stillbesieged.
The generators for electricity are nolonger working due to the lack ofpetroleum materials, and their owners
live in complete darkness. All theschools of the Directorate have closed
their doors due to the suffocating siege
on the Directorate as a result of theparents’ fear for their children, as wellas the teachers’ reluctance to teachbecause of the very difficult
humanitarian conditions in the
Directorate, and due to the lack ofmaterials, The directorate has been cut
off from petroleum, forcing people toresort to using livestock to movearound and transport what they can get

17from foodstuffs if they are available.
Since the fall of the Qania Directorate,
the directorate has been subjected to alarge number of attacks, shelling,harassment, and kidnapping oftravelers. As is their custom, theHouthi militia has planted large
numbers of mines, which have caused
injury and disability to many civilians,
especially sheep shepherds, as well as
amputating the limbs of many civilians
and army men, as well as livestock, andtheir owners were deprived of grazingin many lands, valleys, and mountains
as a result of turning them into
minefields. Also, after the fall of Qania,
The only communication tower linking
the Directorate to the world wastargeted by the Houthi militia.

The
Facts

Crimes and violations committed by the
Houthi group are numerous and varied against
the civilians of the Abdiyah district due to thesiege and its effects that directly harm
civilians.
On Thursday, September 2021 ,30, citizen
Amer bin Amer Balghith with the -70year-old
from Abdiyah directorate, died due to theunjust and oppressive siege imposed by the
Houthi militia. The victim’s relatives wereunable to help him or provide him thenecessary treatment as a result of thesuspension of the health and medical centersin the directorate, and because of the difficultyof transferring him to hospitals and healthcenters outside the directorate due to the
Houthi group’s concentration on the outskirtsof the district, preventing entry and exit andimposing a suffocating siege on the district.
The citizen (A.T) with -50year-old works as a
farmer with cancer, and his relatives wereunable to give him treatment because of thesiege. They need to transfer him to Marib or
Ataq, but they cannot because of thesuffocating siege carried out by the Houthi
militia in the city of Abdiyah, ( S. I) one of his
relatives says: '' We were unable to rescue
him, his life is at risk because of the siege,
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patients are dying here, medical and healthservices are not available, we are living in areal tragedy. We call upon the free people of
the world to intervene to stop the slow deaththat the Houthis are doing against Al-Abdiyah
and its people. We will not kneel and will not
succumb to the Houthi who seeks to displace
us and change our national identity and lend
his myths, We prefer to die with good graceand honor.''Citizen (D. T.), 65 years old, works as a farmer
in Al-Abdiyah directorate, one of 23 cases ofkidney failure who needs periodic dialysis.
Military
actionstargetingcivilians,
educational and health institutions, and theforcible siege imposed by the Houthi terroristgroup, threaten the lives of dozens of patientswith chronic diseases in the Abdiyah
directorate amid local and internationalsilence. The patient says: “We do not find thenecessary medicine. We need dialysis weekly.
We used to go to the best hospitals in theneighboring district. Today, we are unable togo because of the Houthi siege. The situation isdangerous, our lives are in danger, even ourchildren are in danger if the siege is not lifted."

Conclusion and Recommendations

Since the beginning of the Houthi militia’s attack on Abdiyah district in 2015 AD till the moment, the Houthi Militias are treating
people in Yemeni bloody and hostile in all areas that refuse to shake them up and their sectarian ideas with violence and theuse of attack with various weapons, besieging and starving the people of those areas, Among them is the Abdiyah
Directorate, which has been experiencing a suffocating siege for two years So far as blockading cities, neighborhoods, andareas beyond their control, and practiced a policy of starvation of the population to eliminate its opponents and its civilian
incubator, by preventing the entry of food, medicine, and means to continue living, and destroying civilian objects necessary
for survival, and it continued to ignore international laws and UN Security Council resolutions, With the support andprotection of Iran, the result of the siege was catastrophic, in terms of the consequences, the disastrous effects and thephysical and psychological harm that the besieged civilians exposed to, in a scene similar to what happened to the Ukrainianpeasants at the hands of the communist authorities in the Soviet Union, as well as what happened to the people of Leningrad
during the siege of the Nazi forces.
Based on the results of this report, we recommend the following:

Houthi groupWe recommend the Houthi group the following:•
Immediately stop the siege of civilians and open safe passages for the entry of food, medicine and medical supplies.
•
Stop targeting civilians with ballistic missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and various types of weapons that cause
harm to civilians, children and women.
•
To stop mine-laying on the outskirts of the district, which results in civilian casualties, most of whom are children andwomen, and to hand over the maps to the competent authorities to remove and clear the area of deadly mines.

legitimate Government

Civil Society
organizations

We recommend the legitimate government to:•Open an urgent and transparent investigation into
the crimes of siege and starvation, targeting civilians andgroups protected by international laws and treaties thatprovide for the protection of civilians, and forming a legal
team to prosecute the perpetrators locally andinternationally.
•
Work at a high level to lift the siege on the Abdiyah
district people, and provide urgent needs to rescue
civilians, children, women, sick, and the elderly who aresubjected to the suffocating siege by the Houthi militia.
•
Establishment of psychological rehabilitation
centers for women and child victims who have been
exposed to psychological effects as a result of trauma dueto the brutal targeting of missiles and projectiles and theuse of weapons against them.
•
Coordination with the coalition and the relevant
relief agencies to provide relief to the people of the
Directorate by airdrops with medicines, food andessentials for the continuation of life urgently.

We recommend civil society organizations to:•Work to detect siege crimes and starvation
practiceby the Houthi group against civilians, children, andwomen, to convey them to local and international public
opinion.
•Work to Promote and consolidate the principles of
support and advocacy for victims of violence andviolations, providing legal counseling offices for thesevictims, and encouraging them to reach their rights anddefeat their grievances by legal means and methods.
•
Use the right to put pressure on the international
community to end the war, punish violators of humanrights, and adhere to impartiality in classifying criminals inaccordance with international conventions, treaties andresolutions.
•
All civil society organizations in Marib governorate
should strive hard to highlight the real situation of womenand children, conduct studies, plans and projects toprotect these two groups of population, and highlight basic
aspects that are neglected by official authorities, such as
the establishment of alternative care homes andvocational training centers and the provision of safe
recreational spaces for children.
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The International Community

Houthi militia to lay down their arms and enable thelegitimate government to exercise its constitutional andlegal duties.
•
The Human Rights Council should classify thearmed Houthi militia at the top of the blacklists and lists ofcriminal prosecutions for violators of children’s rights inthe world.
•
The Security Council should work to compel thearmed Houthi militia to implement UN resolutions, putpressure on its leaders, classify them as obstacle to thepolitical settlement and war criminals, take legal
sanctions against them and refer them to the International
Criminal Court and others.
•
Exerting real international pressure on the armed
Houthi militia to abandon its stubbornness, hand over its
weapons to the state, and end the coup.
•
Prosecuting all those who caused or contributed tothe siege and starvation of civilians and the firing ofrockets and indiscriminate shells on civilians, especiallywomen and children in the Abdiyah district in particular,
Marib and the rest of the governorates in general, and all
those who contributed to mine-laying and explosive
devices, and included them in the lists of prosecution andlocal and international sanctions.

We recommend the international community and its
institutions to:•
Encourage prompt, independent and impartial
investigations into serious human rights violations thathave resulted in loss of life and/or serious injury, andprovide the necessary and appropriate support to the
Yemeni government following these investigations inorder to ensure accountability and adequate remedy forany violations of the law.
•
Pressure on Houthi militias to stop the siege of the
Abdiyah district and to targeting of civilians withrocket-propelled grenades.
•Work to reclassify the Houthi group as a terroristgroup, as it practices the most heinous types of crimes
against civilians, including siege, starvation, and targetinggroups protected by international humanitarian law and
all international treaties.
•
Pressure on the Houthi group to immediately to stopmine-laying that have killed and disabled dozens ofchildren, women and civilians in the Abdiyah district.
•
Work to end the war in Yemen and compel the armed21