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An eight-year-old girl was shot in the head in Taiz on Monday evening, August 17. Security sources and eyewitnesses confirmed to the Siyaj Organization that a sniper fired a shot from an area controlled by the Houthi group, Ansar Allah, hitting the girl, Ruwaida Saleh bin Saleh al-Qafri, as she was fetching water near herContinue reading “Eyewitnesses told Al-Siyaj that a sniper shot a girl in the head in Taiz.”
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Security and human rights sources confirmed to the Siyaj Organization that a sniper belonging to the Houthi Ansar Allah group targeted an eight-year-old girl this evening, Monday, August 17, inflicting a serious head injury. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the girl, Ruwaida Saleh bin Saleh al-Qafri, was targeted from the Central Security Camp in the Kalaba neighborhood,Continue reading “Sources told Al-Siyaj that a Houthi sniper shot a girl in the head in Taiz.”
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The Seyaj Organization for Child Protection condemns the killing of a child and the serious injury of his brother by a Houthi sniper in Taiz this morning, Monday. Eyewitnesses, security sources, and human rights sources confirmed to Seyaj that 10-year-old Saber Abdo Qaed al-Samadi was killed by a bullet to the head, resulting in hisContinue reading “Eyewitnesses told Saj: A Houthi sniper killed a child and seriously injured his brother in Taiz.”
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The Seyaj Organization for Child Protection strongly condemns the horrific massacre resulting from the Houthi group’s targeting of the women’s section of the central prison in Taiz Governorate this afternoon. Initial reports indicate that six people, including a child, were killed and more than twelve others, all women and children, were injured by rocket fireContinue reading “More than 18 children and women were killed and injured in a bombing that targeted Taiz Central Prison.”
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The Seyaj Organization for Child Protection and the Taiz branch of the Bar Association agreed to form a joint committee to identify the difficulties and challenges facing juvenile justice in the governorate and hindering victims’ access to redress, legal protection, and care. This comes as part of Seyaj’s strategy to create a protective environment forContinue reading “Taiz Lawyers’ Association and Branch: Agreement on a joint committee to support children’s justice”
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The “Siyaj Organization” thanks the Taiz Governorate Police for its efforts in protecting children and reducing crimes against their rights. Siyaj seeks to strengthen cooperation with security and judicial authorities to curb the alarming increase in sexual violence amidst the war and displacement in Yemen. The security media outlet “Siyaj” commended the decision to withholdContinue reading “Taiz police arrest a man accused of raping a disabled child.”
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Last night in Taiz, three-year-old Mahmoud Abdulrahman Al-Alimi died from three gunshot wounds. A member of the security forces is accused of the crime. The Child Protection Network calls on the Governor of Taiz and the Public Prosecutor to take the necessary legal measures to ensure justice and fairness for the Al-Alimi family and toContinue reading “Siyaj calls on Taiz authorities to investigate the killing of the child Al-Alimi by security forces.”
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The Siyaj Organization is appealing to the authorities in Taiz Governorate to separate the child Ruwaida M.N. from her husband, a man in his fifties, to whom she was forced into marriage to settle her family’s debt. A Siyaj representative in the governorate followed up on the procedures for transferring the child from the CriminalContinue reading “The Siyaj Organization appeals to the authorities in Taiz Governorate to remove a child who refused her fifty-year-old husband.”
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The Taiz Governorate Improvement Office launched a campaign today to eliminate stray dogs that have proliferated in the governorate’s capital. This initiative comes in response to a call from the governorate’s Siyaj (Fence) office and its efforts with relevant stakeholders, following the death of 7-year-old Ismail al-Wasabi last Thursday afternoon after he was attacked byContinue reading “A dog kills a child in Taiz, and authorities launch a campaign against rabid dogs.”
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The Taiz Court in Taiz Governorate sentenced (M.S.) today to five years in prison, to be served immediately, and ordered him to pay a fine of one million riyals (approximately $4,000 USD) plus 200,000 riyals in court fees. The court also sentenced the second defendant, who aided the perpetrator, to one year in prison andContinue reading “Taiz court sentences two men to prison and fines for child rape”
