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00:00:07is supposed that there is a stock in
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00:00:32today needs urgent action at Dear viewers, welcome
00:00:35residents to 12 years of war and siege, and Taiz
00:00:38is still paying a heavy human price. Roads are closed,
00:00:42and food and medicine are difficult to reach.
00:00:46Hospitals are warning of the cessation of their services, while the people
00:00:49of the city continue to face the conditions of war,
00:00:52and translate this siege, and cling to life despite the suffering. Amidst the humanitarian
00:00:55crisis, attention turns to the developments of the "Dawn of Yemen" operation and the implications
00:00:59of the military developments for the city and its residents.
00:01:02Between the continued siege
00:01:05siege. It is clear that they do not and the escalating military and security challenges, questions arise regarding the Houthi
00:01:09militia's responsibility for the suffering of civilians, the government's
00:01:12measures to confront it, and the role of the international community in protecting
00:01:15the population and ensuring the delivery
00:01:17to open of basic supplies. We open this file in our coverage tonight after
00:01:21the southern and eastern sides. Yes, this following this
00:01:21report.
00:01:33Today, we launch a national and urgent humanitarian
00:01:36appeal to break this suffocating siege
00:01:39and repel the aggression launched by the Houthi militias against the governorate.
00:01:43Taiz has paid a heavy price in
00:01:47the blood of its children and their suffering
00:01:49due to shelling, sniping, mines, displacement,
00:01:53supplies, and fuel in and siege. everyone Today, this
00:01:55tragedy expands to include food, medicine,
00:01:59and fuel, threatening the lives, security,
00:02:02and livelihood of the entire governorate. Taiz has paid
00:02:05a heavy price in the blood of its children
00:02:08and their suffering due to shelling, sniping,
00:02:13all mines, displacement, and the increasing number of victims and siege. Today, this
00:02:16tragedy expands to include food, medicine,
00:02:19and fuel, threatening the lives, security,
00:02:22and livelihood, and fuel is essential. Fuel
00:02:25is not just a commodity in a city that has been exhausted.
00:02:29It is a means of transportation and a source of income
00:02:33what. Okay, from for thousands of workers, and a necessity for operating
00:02:36health and service facilities and
00:02:38well, Mr. Arafat, with all this providing food for millions of families. The more pressing
00:02:40danger appears inside hospitals. The Ministry
00:02:44of Health has warned of the imminent depletion of medicines, intravenous fluids,
00:02:47medical supplies, and fuel in health
00:02:51facilities, with fears
00:02:54which encouraged this Houthi militia that some emergency
00:02:54tribe and surgical services, intensive care, kidney
00:02:57dialysis, and neonatal care will stop
00:03:01if the siege continues. Despite all the Houthi crimes, the city
00:03:05remains unbreakable
00:03:07danger due to this and refuses to kneel. It has been accustomed to siege for
00:03:1012 years. It was besieged by those who claim to support it and break
00:03:14the siege of Gaza, and they kill it as the Jews kill
00:03:17Gaza. Its Houthi enemy brings back to memory the siege
00:03:20of the Tatars on Arab cities and their extermination,
00:03:24and they excel in annihilating their people through various methods
00:03:27and torment. In Taiz, the siege is not
00:03:30only about barriers and closed roads, but
00:03:34also about its impact on people's lives and their ability
00:03:38to continue living and access treatment, food,
00:03:41work, and education, leaving millions of citizens
00:03:45as hostages and prisoners in Houthi prisons, and humanity
00:03:49stands by watching a people die
00:03:51and perish because they refused
00:03:54the complete siege on to kneel to anyone
00:03:54but God.
00:04:06governorate, and in light of this Our dear viewers, to stay updated
00:04:10on the latest developments
00:04:11millions of and the repercussions of the siege on the lives of citizens in Taiz,
00:04:14it is my pleasure to welcome here in the studio Professor Arafat Hamran, head of the Rased
00:04:18Organization for Rights and Freedoms. Welcome. Welcome to you and the viewers.
00:04:21First, Mr. Arafat, with the warning from the governor of Taiz
00:04:25of a siege he described as the most severe since
00:04:282015, how do you view the seriousness of the current stage
00:04:32and support it? Perhaps from a human rights perspective? In reality, the humanitarian situation in
00:04:35Taiz regions. I am pleased to welcome here in the studio Professor
00:04:39Arafat Hamran, head of the Rased Organization for Rights and Freedoms. Welcome.
00:04:42of families also to Welcome to you and the viewers. First, Mr. Arafat,
00:04:47government, Bashar. In with the warning from the governor of Taiz of a siege he described
00:04:49the Houthis. Many as the most severe since 2015, how do you view
00:04:52the seriousness of the current stage from a human rights perspective? In reality,
00:04:56the humanitarian situation in regions
00:05:02relied or will not rely on also the Houthi attacks on civilians with missiles, this is also
00:05:05a crime. The humanitarian situation is bad,
00:05:08meaning yesterday
00:05:11with bias in some basic materials from 2000 to 57 to
00:05:148000. Yes, these first days, although it
00:05:19the governorate for about two months in normal circumstances,
00:05:22and as the governor also said, there is a stock, so either
00:05:26the stock is not available or there is no
00:05:31traders, and this will create a crisis.
00:05:35in general, if there is no lifting of this
00:05:39siege, because this siege is considered a war crime,
00:05:42and it is considered collective punishment,
00:05:46meaning about 2.5 million who are
00:05:49besieged now, um
00:05:52the UN organizations operating in Yemen,
00:05:55whose role we will also discuss,
00:05:59are absent in this field, and this increases
00:06:02the suffering.
00:06:05The Houthis, at the beginning of their war on Taiz, it was clear
00:06:08that they did not want to enter the city. They were encircling the city from
00:06:12all sides and cutting off supplies and also imposing a complete
00:06:18want to enter the city until these people are starved
00:06:21and Taiz surrenders, despite the fact that there are
00:06:24more than one party trying
00:06:30supply routes from
00:06:33latest escalation by the Houthi militia in
00:06:37all fronts in Taiz has probably created
00:06:40an escalating humanitarian crisis, as you mentioned,
00:06:44a week ago almost, but
00:06:48it is on all levels, perhaps on the level of food,
00:06:51medicine, and all levels. How does international
00:06:55humanitarian law view such
00:06:58a crisis?
00:07:00Of course, we have signed with the United Nations and international
00:07:04organizations about 56 agreements since
00:07:07World War II. The League of Nations agreed,
00:07:11the international community in general, to establish the League of Nations before the United Nations.
00:07:15The mission of this United Nations,
00:07:17its mission is only one thing: to keep
00:07:21the conflict confined between armed groups and to keep civilians
00:07:24protected under these international laws and conventions,
00:07:27and they cannot be targeted, nor can civilian
00:07:31objects be targeted, and they should have freedom of movement, freedom of healthcare,
00:07:34and freedom of
00:07:37education, and the United Nations and its organizations
00:07:40should be a third party. Um. Not this
00:07:43party nor that. It works to bring in aid, protect
00:07:47civilians, and also provide all
00:07:50the necessary needs for civilians,
00:07:53to monitor the situation, to say who is the party
00:07:57committing these violations. But unfortunately, since 2014
00:08:01until now, there has been a soft approach with this Houthi militia,
00:08:06to commit many crimes, even encouraging them to
00:08:10kidnap UN employees themselves, and also to
00:08:13raid six UN organizations in Sana'a
00:08:17and loot their money and communication devices,
00:08:20which are very expensive, and also
00:08:23their use for such Houthi militias to commit
00:08:27many crimes, and even encouraged them to kidnap
00:08:30UN employees themselves, and also to
00:08:33raid six UN organizations in Sana'a and loot
00:08:37their money and communication devices,
00:08:39which are very expensive,
00:08:43and also their continuous
00:08:47violations in general through
00:08:51the artillery shelling that targets
00:08:54residential neighborhoods and claims
00:08:57the lives of dozens of civilians, between dead
00:09:01and wounded, in addition
00:09:04to
00:09:07the villages that were controlled by the coup militias
00:09:10and committed violations amounting
00:09:14to war crimes in these areas.
00:09:17As for Taiz governorate and the humanitarian
00:09:21situation there, today residents
00:09:25are living in dangerous conditions
00:09:28due to this complete siege, which will result
00:09:31in difficulties in accessing food, medicine,
00:09:35and fuel, and securing basic needs
00:09:37for the residents. Taiz today faces a crisis
00:09:41that goes beyond the hardship of movement between the city
00:09:44and its surroundings, because its effects extend to the daily
00:09:48lives of citizens, and to the ability of hospitals to provide
00:09:52medicines and medical supplies, and the ability
00:09:55obtain food and for patients to reach health facilities at the right
00:09:59time. All these circumstances
00:10:02and their continuation increase the risks for all
00:10:05segments of society in Taiz governorate. Therefore,
00:10:09the issue today requires urgent
00:10:12action that matches the size of the needs and ensures the delivery
00:10:16of supplies and the opening of roads for civilians,
00:10:19and the cessation of violations by these
00:10:22coup militias that have made this
00:10:25city a stage
00:10:28from which they export slow death
00:10:32to all residents in this
00:10:35governorate. You and we all saw today
00:10:38the appeal launched by the local authorities in Taiz
00:10:42governorate, launched by Professor Nabil
00:10:44Shamsan, and it carries a clear message
00:10:48that the humanitarian situation has exceeded the capacity
00:10:51of ordinary treatments and that the governorate
00:10:57the national and international levels. Today,
00:11:01Taiz governorate is living in real danger
00:11:04and facing a real catastrophe
00:11:07that requires all the international community
00:11:11and humanitarian aid organizations and the United Nations to act
00:11:17appeal into practical reality and a quick
00:11:20and immediate response
00:11:23to it, given that the risks are escalating
00:11:26and the situation is becoming catastrophic
00:11:29moment by moment. Yes, Hamza, regarding the health situation in
00:11:33Taiz, what is the reality of hospitals in light
00:11:37of the shortage of medicines, medical supplies, and fuel needed
00:11:40to operate them?
00:11:43Yes, my dear, today Taiz governorate, with its various
00:11:47health facilities and all
00:11:49its hospitals, is experiencing a real crisis
00:11:52and facing a real danger.
00:11:56Due to the shortage of supplies and the shortage of medicines, medical
00:11:59supplies, and also fuel,
00:12:03and all this threatens the continuation
00:12:06of basic health services. Also, the Ministry of Health
00:12:09and Population warned in its statement yesterday
00:12:13of the imminent depletion of medicines, intravenous fluids, medical
00:12:18health facilities. It also pointed out that these risks
00:12:22may affect emergency and surgical operations,
00:12:26especially in light of the continued
00:12:29artillery shelling by the coup militias on populated areas
00:12:32and civilians,
00:12:36among civilians. This city is crowded
00:12:40with people, as everyone knows and as the world
00:12:43knows. Therefore, every shell fired by the militias at
00:12:47this governorate claims
00:12:50the lives of civilians and causes
00:12:53casualties in the populated
00:12:55areas and an increasing number of victims
00:12:58among civilians. This city is crowded
00:13:02with people, as everyone knows and as the world
00:13:06knows. Therefore, every shell fired by the militias at
00:13:10this governorate claims
00:13:13the lives of civilians and causes
00:13:15casualties. The international community
00:13:19must act urgently to stop these violations
00:13:22and end this tragedy whose scope is expanding.
00:13:26Today, Taiz governorate is facing real
00:13:32siege and the continuous violations. The siege imposed on Taiz
00:13:35for 12 years is
00:13:39becoming more dangerous today with the closure of all
00:13:42crossings and roads by these militias who believe only
00:13:46in the path of death that they export
00:13:48to various
00:13:50people of Yemen in Taiz and elsewhere. Hamza Amin,
00:13:54our correspondent from Taiz, thank you very much. So, I return
00:13:58to you, Mr. Arafat Hamran. When
00:14:01can these crimes
00:14:04and violations be considered war crimes?
00:14:07I mean, if these crimes were committed during
00:14:11wars,
00:14:14and also documented according to international
00:14:17standards,
00:14:19and submitted by concerned organizations to the Human Rights
00:14:23Commission to the Council.
00:14:26These were considered war crimes. Considering what is happening now in Taiz
00:14:31escalation and humanitarian crisis, are
00:14:34these, from a legal and human rights perspective, considered
00:14:37war crimes? Of course, siege
00:14:40and collective punishment are a crime of war. This affects
00:14:442 million people. Yes, if the planting of
00:14:48individual mines
00:14:50is deliberate against civilians, as is happening
00:14:54now, the Houthi militia plants
00:14:57mines in the homes of displaced people, in irrigation areas, in grazing
00:15:01areas, this is a war crime if
00:15:05committed during and if everyone
00:15:08who cooperated with this or planted these mines or manufactured them
00:15:12or transported them is considered also a participant in this
00:15:15crime. The Houthi committed almost all the crimes
00:15:18stipulated in international laws and all
00:15:22humanitarian crimes and all crimes, and we, frankly, have not
00:15:27UN organizations because we know that they
00:15:31were unable to protect themselves and that they also deal
00:15:36this regard. But we also
00:15:39have local organizations
00:15:41working, we have the National Committee for Human Rights, a ministerial committee for human rights,
00:15:45and these are the ones that are relied upon. The national,
00:15:48internal, local mechanisms are the ones that we rely on
00:15:51to prosecute major human rights violators and those who committed
00:15:55crimes against humanity or war crimes. Yes, so as human rights activists
00:15:58and human rights organizations and monitoring organizations, how do you document
00:16:02these crimes, and what is the fate of these
00:16:05documentations later? Look, we, as local
00:16:09community organizations, are non-governmental,
00:16:12non-profit, volunteers in this field,
00:16:15because we are also a volunteer team. We cannot,
00:16:19or we do not have the power to stop this war or stop this siege,
00:16:23but we have some
00:16:26elements. First, we work to preserve
00:16:30the rights of victims and to document these crimes and submit them to
00:16:33local and international courts
00:16:35if possible.
00:16:38We also work to ensure that the victim or their families receive
00:16:42the necessary compensation and also
00:16:44to ensure
00:16:46that they receive the necessary compensation, and we
00:16:50also work to prevent major perpetrators
00:16:52from escaping punishment. We also work on an important aspect,
00:16:56which is media escalation to present
00:16:59the world, through statements and through this documentation,
00:17:03with the true picture. There is also a misleading picture
00:17:06before the world. Yes, there are human rights
00:17:09organizations dealing with the Houthi militia. There are also
00:17:12statements from the United Nations
00:17:15and its organizations that are unclear
00:17:18and not objective and do not identify the party. The UN envoy's briefing
00:17:22yesterday or the day before said
00:17:26that
00:17:28on all sides should refrain from planting
00:17:32mines, from recruiting children,
00:17:35and its organizations
00:17:37are unclear and not objective and do not identify
00:17:41the party. I mean, the UN envoy's briefing
00:17:44yesterday or the day before stated that
00:17:50parties should refrain from planting
00:17:54mines and recruiting children.
00:17:57Also, the Houthi militia exploits
00:18:01the emotions of Yemenis. Yemenis have Gaza
00:18:04and Palestine and the Palestinian cause as a red line, and it is the primary
00:18:07issue. So, from this perspective, they were able
00:18:11to gain sympathy, but this was at the beginning.
00:18:15But look, at the beginning, there was a slight opposition to the Houthi militia, and
00:18:18also there were calculations among many blocs that they would
00:18:22settle their accounts and that they would not cross Sana'a and would not cross
00:18:25the south. These people would
00:18:28discipline the unruly
00:18:32against the oppressors. But every day,
00:18:35popular opposition increases. There is resentment
00:18:38today inside Sana'a, inside Ibb, in all
00:18:41areas controlled by the Houthi militia. The discourse is no longer Gaza,
00:18:45nor is it a discourse of support or raising
00:18:49prices or the things that the Houthis
00:18:53clearly entered with. Today, the Houthis
00:18:55claim divinity,
00:18:59they treat the Houthis as second-class citizens,
00:19:01they loot all the dues
00:19:04of Yemenis, they also work to
00:19:07inflate their wealth. It is clear in plain
00:19:11sight that they have an external agenda
00:19:14and are not separate from the Iranian
00:19:17project. Therefore, now ships
00:19:21pass through Bab al-Mandab, American
00:19:24and Israeli ships are allowed to operate,
00:19:28and there are also countries
00:19:31that have strong relations with Israel
00:19:35and America, always for the Houthi militia from Iran.
00:19:38Um. Perhaps we will discuss that
00:19:41in other episodes in detail,
00:19:45but how does this rhetoric
00:19:49of the Houthi militia, which is renewed day after
00:19:52day, in support of Gaza, how does it affect
00:19:56internationally? Perhaps it is exposed
00:19:59locally, but internationally, how did its rhetoric affect
00:20:03and make some parties and some
00:20:06countries stand with it
00:20:09it was initially exaggerating
00:20:13these missiles, but
00:20:17the countries that encouraged these militias and created a media
00:20:20machine for these militias were targeted by
00:20:23Iran and by
00:20:26countries were targeted, especially Arab countries, the Gulf countries in general. All of them
00:20:30were targeted by the Houthi militia, directly
00:20:34targeted. As for
00:20:36Israel, they were considered sonic
00:20:40missiles, meaning they had no impact.
00:20:44Um. But they exaggerated
00:20:47the matter. Even America exaggerated the Houthi militia more
00:20:50than anything and fought it and could not defeat
00:20:54it, and it only disciplined it because it crossed
00:20:58the permitted line for the sea and American ships.
00:21:01But in reality, this discourse had an
00:21:05impact at the beginning. Now there is no impact. Therefore, they are now
00:21:09forcing the people of the tribes and the people
00:21:13of the southern regions to enlist by force.
00:21:17No one trusts them anymore. Even now, the recruitment
00:21:20of children that is happening today, the Houthi militia
00:21:23puts them in the first or second ranks, but they are not
00:21:27the fighters. The fighters have been fighting for four
00:21:30years, and we have been in a truce with the Houthis
00:21:34and negotiating with the Houthis under UN sponsorship, and the Houthis also
00:21:37conducted training
00:21:40courses for fighters,
00:21:44ideological recruitment, brought weapons across the sea,
00:21:46brought weapons across land.
00:21:53They brought modern communication devices.
00:21:56Yes, they prepared
00:21:59for this war that they have been fighting
00:22:03since the beginning of September last
00:22:05month until now, and we are preparing for peace
00:22:08and dialogue and these things, and they needed
00:22:11all this time for this battle. Yes.
00:22:15So, in light of the military confrontations
00:22:19and the ongoing battle, what are the most prominent dangers
00:22:23threatening civilians in Taiz governorate
00:22:26from a purely human rights and humanitarian
00:22:29perspective? If the siege continues without the intervention
00:22:33of the national army
00:22:36and the opening of safe corridors, because I do not think that UN
00:22:40organizations will be able to do anything. We have
00:22:43tried them during Taiz governorate
00:22:47from a human rights and humanitarian
00:22:50perspective. If the siege
00:22:54continues without the intervention of the national
00:22:57army and the opening of safe
00:23:01corridors, because I do not think that UN organizations will be able
00:23:04to do anything. We have tried them during
00:23:07the past 12 years. The people, even
00:23:11the families, even the women, all of them reject this Houthi militia.
00:23:14They are willing to die for it. Therefore, confronting
00:23:17them militarily will make the Houthi lose no matter
00:23:23the city to the Houthis, and I think
00:23:28siege imposed on Taiz governorate and the cutting of supply
00:23:31lines, what are the obligations that
00:23:34fall on the parties controlling the roads
00:23:37and crossings, legally and internationally
00:23:41as well? The right to movement
00:23:44is guaranteed.
00:23:47Yes, and preventing movement is a crime against humanity.
00:23:50It is a crime against
00:23:53humanity. UN organizations must ensure
00:23:56that corridors are open, as we said at the beginning, for civilians and the protection
00:24:00of civilians, and that they are not targeted, and that food
00:24:02and healthcare are provided for them,
00:24:06and that there are observers of the situation.
00:24:09Civilians should be far
00:24:11from
00:24:13the armed conflict. Those who did not bear arms
00:24:17are protected under international humanitarian law.
00:24:28These organizations must attend, especially since they are present in Aden,
00:24:30and also
00:24:33there was significant support for these organizations, about
00:24:37$32 billion since the previous
00:24:39donor conferences for these organizations,
00:24:43and a lot of this money was spent on travel,
00:24:46trips, and bonuses, about 40%.
00:24:49And yet, when we need them, we don't find them. We want the voice
00:24:53of local organizations to be louder, the voice of the authorities
00:24:56in Taiz, and also
00:24:59the official authorities, the concerned ministries,
00:25:03the government council, the presidential council. These
00:25:07organizations must be summoned, either
00:25:09they act as Sudan did and say "you are not welcome,"
00:25:13or we deal with them. Of course, these
00:25:17organizations were present in Houthi
00:25:20areas and said that the humanitarian situation was bad and did not coordinate with the legitimate
00:25:24government. In Syria, they coordinated with Bashar
00:25:27and brought all aid through Bashar and said
00:25:30that the opposition, we signed
00:25:33with the recognized
00:25:37Yemen, it's the opposite. They went to the Houthi militia
00:25:40and left the legitimate governments. We want the UN
00:25:44organizations to return to