Report: Houthis Violate Childhood in Summer Camps and Hezbollah Interferes with School Curricula

7th November 2024

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Report: Houthis Violate Childhood in Summer Camps and Hezbollah Interferes with School Curricula

A report by the UN experts on the crimes and violations faced by children in the summer camps organized every year by the Houthi militia in Sana’a and the provinces under its control revealed that the exploitation of children constitutes a flagrant violation of human rights and war crimes against innocent children.

The report details how children have been subjected to gunfire by Houthi forces, as well as incidents of sexual violence, including rape, which poses a real threat to their lives and their psychological and physical well-being.

The report also highlights the exploitation of children in these summer camps, with some being sent to these camps to obtain financial benefits or food rations, which are highly enticing due to the extreme poverty they suffer. Additionally, children are often kidnapped, threatened, or coerced into joining these camps.

The report also mentions the involvement of Hezbollah advisors in reviewing the school curricula in public schools and managing the summer camps, reflecting the negative role played by the Houthi militia and its allies in destroying children’s lives, corrupting their education, and impacting their positive development.

Another human rights report documented 2,500 violations committed by the Houthi militias, backed by the Iranian regime, against the people of the capital, Sana’a, during the past two years, 2022 and 2023.

The report, issued by the Human Rights Office in Sana’a and titled “Sana’a in Anger”, stated that the documented violations included 14 types of abuses, including killings, injuries, torture and abductions, looting of public and private property, child recruitment, violations against women and children, forced displacement, sectarianism, abusive employment practices, and attacks on judicial institutions.