Yemeni rights group claims to have documented more than 2,200 abuses in Taiz in two months

• A Yemeni rights group says it documented 2,264 alleged violations by Houthi forces in Taiz between September 1 and October 29, including the killing of 189 civilians.
• The report also cites mass abductions, attacks on homes and medical facilities, and restrictions on essential supplies affecting an estimated two million people.

A Yemeni human rights organization says it has documented 2,264 alleged crimes and violations by Houthi forces against civilians in Taiz over two months, including the killing of 189 civilians, according to a report cited by the Saba news agency, which is affiliated with Yemen's internationally recognized government.

The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms said its field teams recorded the violations between September 1 and October 29, alongside approximately 12,761 projectiles fired indiscriminately during the period.

According to the report, those killed included 38 children, nine of whom were infants, and 27 women.

The organization also documented 23 field executions, five massacres, and 324 cases of abduction or enforced disappearance.

The report further said that 521 homes were raided and 356 damaged, while 23 schools were converted into military barracks and 35 government buildings seized.

The rights group reported that five ambulances were attacked and seven medical workers killed. More than 15 additional ambulances were allegedly looted and used to transport weapons.

It said the siege tightened on September 3, with 26 unauthorized checkpoints established and roads closed, restricting the movement of food, medicine, and fuel.

These restrictions have left approximately two million people facing shortages of clean drinking water, according to the organization.

The group also estimated that around 280,000 people had fled Taiz province since the escalation of fighting and the siege in September.