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UN human rights chief Navi Pillay condemned here on Tuesday the intensified use of force against anti-government protestors in Yemen, which has reportedly led to dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.

Pillay stated the UN human rights office has received reports that far more than 50 individuals have been killed considering that Sunday in Taiz by Yemeni Army, Republican Guards and other government-affiliated elements who forcibly destroyed the protest camp in Horriya Square utilizing water cannons, bulldozers and live ammunition. Reports also indicated that hundreds much more have been injured. The reports had been however to be totally verified.

"Such reprehensible acts of violence and indiscriminate attacks on unarmed civilians by armed security officers need to quit immediately," the Pillay said, "I urge all sides to cease the use of force and I remind the government of its responsibility to make certain that the fundamental human rights of its citizens are protected."

Pillay also noted that based on reports, as security forces had occupied Al-Safa hospital in Taiz, and also the field clinic in Horriya Square had been burned, there was little or no access to emergency medical care.

"Adequate humanitarian access need to be provided to all who want it -- the government is obliged to ensure this," she stated, "Medical staff and facilities should never be targeted by security forces."

A minimum of 100 individuals are believed to have been arrested over the weekend in Taiz, whilst dozens of other people are unaccounted for. Pillay urged the government to investigate circumstances of disappearances and the a lot of reports her staff have received of ill-treatment, torture and killings, and to bring perpetrators to justice.

"Further violence will only yield more insecurity and move the country further away from a resolution to this political crisis," Pillay said. "I urge all parties to continue efforts aimed at finding a peaceful remedy to this conflict. The bloodshed need to quit."

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