Chapter
9:
Case
studies
in
Ta’izz
them
from
doing
that.
Nobody
was
hurt,
but
Person
94
took
the
case
to
the
court
that
ruled
in
his
favor.
The
Qassems
then
appealed
against
the
court
ruling
at
the
Court
of
Appeal.
The
Qassems
tried
to
dig
two
wells,
one
approximately
two
and
a
half
kilometers
higher
in
the
valley
than
Person
94’s
and
one
that
is
only
40
meters
next
to
his.
Person
94
complained
to
the
Water
Resources
Authority
branch
in
Ta’izz
(NWRA
Ta’izz).
They
sent
an
enforcement
officer
(certified
by
the
Prosecution)
to
look
at
the
case
on
site.
The
Officer
wrote
a
report
and
based
on
that
filed
a
case
with
the
prosecution
office,
who
took
the
case
to
court
again.
In
2007,
the
court
issued
another
ruling
in
Person
94’s
favor
ordering
the
Qassems
to
bury
their
wells.
According
to
Person
94,
the
Qassems
subsequently
talked
with
some
of
their
relatives
in
the
Hazzah
area
who
live
higher
in
the
valley
and
agreed
to
extend
the
water
supply
from
their
relatives’
area
to
their
own
land,
something
he
thought
would
cut
off
the
water
feeding
his
well.
In
2008,
Person
94
talked
with
the
NWRA
Ta’izz
and
filed
another
case
against
the
Qassems
at
the
court.
The
court
issued
an
order
to
prevent
any
further
activity
regarding
the
digging
of
wells
or
the
distribution
of
water
that
would
upset
the
current
arrangements.
In
2009
the
Qassems
again
tried
to
dig
a
well
40
meters
away
from
Person
94’s;
he
again
proceeded
to
file
th
court
proceedings
against
them.
The
court
ruled
in
his
favor,
making
it
the
5
court
ruling
he
won
against
the
85
Qassems
in
2
years.
The
situation
cooled
down
with
no
resolution
until
November
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