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Nidaa Al-Karama Center Reports on Human Rights Violations in Occupied Governorates

Tunis:The Nidaa Al-Karama Center for Rights and Development has unveiled a special report detailing human rights violations by the Saudi-Emirati occupation in southern governorates from December 2015 to December 2025. The report was presented at a press conference attended by officials including Judge Ibrahim Al-Shami, Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights, and Dr. Omar Al-Bakhiti, Deputy Minister of Information.

According to Yemen News Agency, the report, titled "False Protection - A Decade of Occupation," highlights a range of violations, including 506 executions, 2,341 assassination operations, and numerous car bomb and suicide attacks resulting in significant casualties. The report also documents airstrikes by the American-Saudi-Emirati coalition that killed 1,342 people and left 1,774 injured.

The center's head, Zaid Al-Gharsi, noted that the occupation has led to substantial human rights abuses, including 29,478 cases of kidnapping, arrest, and enforced disappearance. Violations against women and children were also significant, with 1,562 cases involving women and 8,545 cases involving children.

The report further outlines attacks on medical personnel and facilities, illegal detentions, and violations of freedom of expression, with 985 instances of suppression and 1,764 cases of protest suppression. Forced displacement and property destruction were recorded in thousands of cases, with serious implications for the local population.

Deputy Minister Ibrahim Al-Shami emphasized the report's legal implications, characterizing the military presence as a full occupation and attributing responsibility to the coalition forces. Human rights activist Amat Al-Malik Al-Khashab praised the report for its legal analysis and its challenge to the justifications for aggression, noting that it has been translated into multiple languages for global dissemination.