A/HRC/33/38 Historic or cultural sites and places of worship17 2. 48. OHCHR has documented the partial or total destruction of cultural properties. The cases documented include the coalition forces air strike that hit Al-Waht Mosque in Lahj Governorate on 7 July 2015, killing 10 civilians and injuring 15 others; the destruction of the ancient tombs of Hadramaut on 1 July 2015 by armed groups affiliated with Al-Qaida; and the partial destruction of Al-Qahira Castle, one of the country’s most important historic and architectural sites, in August 2015, by the Popular Committees. 18 Educational facilities19 3. 49. On 9 July 2015, 10 civilians, including 3 women and 2 children, were killed as a result of an air strike by the coalition forces that hit the Mus’ad Bin Omair School in Tuban District, Lahj. According to eyewitness accounts, the victims were internally displaced persons from Aden who had been seeking shelter in the school premises at the time of the attack. OHCHR found no evidence of any potential military objective in or around the school. 50. On 16 July 2015, Al-Zahra’a University in Sana’a city was hit by an air strike by the coalition forces, killing one child, injuring five other civilians and causing structural damage to the university and to 11 nearby homes. Saba University, also located nearby, incurred partial structural damage. D. Freedom of expression 51. Attacks on journalists and human rights defenders have continued throughout the reporting period. There have been allegations of, among others, restrictions on freedom of expression, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, unlawful detention, enforced disappearance, intimidation and unlawful killing. The authorities under the control of the Popular Committees have blocked 10 news websites, censored four satellite television channels and blocked five newspapers from going to print. 52. OHCHR documented 10 cases in which the premises of human rights organizations were raided and 4 cases where human rights defenders were banned from traveling outside the country by the de facto authorities under Houthi control. The Office has verified other serious allegations of intimidation targeting political opposition members, including the bombing of the home of a prominent Islah Party figure on 11 September 2015 by the Popular Committees in the village of Jawz Bani Wael, Ibb. 17 18 19 16 See annex I, section E, for information on other attacks on historic or cultural sites and places of worship documented by OHCHR. Rule 38 of customary international humanitarian law provides that each party to the conflict must respect cultural property. Specifically, special care must be taken in military operations to avoid damage to buildings dedicated to religion, art, science, education or charitable purposes and historic monuments unless they are military objectives, and property of great importance to the cultural heritage of every people must not be the object of attack unless imperatively required by military necessity. Cultural sites are also protected under international human rights law, including under article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which protect the right of everyone to take part in cultural life. See annex I, section E, for information on other attacks on educational facilities documented by OHCHR.