
31 August 2019: Several Coalition airstrikes hit buildings in the compound of Dhamar Community College. One of these was used by the Houthis as a detention centre holding 170 prisoners. 100 people were killed, mostly detainees, and 40 wounded. Saudi authorities claimed the site hosted weapons, but its status as a detention centre was in the public domain and had been reported previously by the UN Panel of Experts. It had been used as a prison for at least two years. While Houthi fighters were present, and possibly some weapons, the UN Panel of Experts concluded it was unlikely that the IHL principles of proportionality and precautions were respected, given the high number of people killed and the direct targeting of several buildings. (UN Panel of Experts report, January 2020) CAATuk


On 31 August 2018, the Saudi-led coalition bombed houses and farms of citizens, which resulted in the death of a woman and the injury of a child in Hodeidah – OQF NEWS report.
Two children were wounded by rocket and artillery shelling, which targeted residential areas in Saada governorate – OQF NEWS report.
Two airstrikes targeted a citizen’s farm in the Bajel District.
In Lahj governorate, two children were injured as the Saudi-led Coalition dropped a missile on their house – OFQ NEWS report.



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