The SAM organization for rights and freedoms published a UN report in which it tracked the most heinous and immoral abuses committed by the Houthi militia, an Iranian unit in Yemen, against women imprisoned in its prisons. toilets except once or twice a day; and long interrogations during the late hours of the night. A human rights report found that the Houthi militia had kidnapped more than 1,700 women since 2014, according to the organization.
Recruitment of 18,000 children
In another context, the Houthi militia acknowledged the recruitment of 3,000 people, most of them young people, into their ranks during the period of the United Nations-sponsored humanitarian truce in Yemen, and the Houthi media reported that the “Central Military Region” celebrated the release of the so-called party ” extraordinary prowess.” Their number is “three thousand”, and it was also announced that the recruits received military training in preparation for combat operations in the ranks of the Houthi militia.
And the formations of elements recently recruited from the centers and summer courses are led by Abdul-Khalek Al-Khusi (brother of the militia leader Abdul-Malik Al-Khusi), posing as a major general and commander of the so-called “Central Military Region” of the group.
The Houthi militia took advantage of the humanitarian truce from the first minutes of its large-scale mobilization, recruitment and training through centers and summer courses in many camps in its areas of influence to compensate for the acute shortage of fighters. Former child soldiers confirmed that they recruited boys as young as 10 years old.
harassment and rape
In addition, many Yemeni aid organizations have confirmed that thousands of children have been forced to participate in the fighting in several ways adopted by the militias, whether through intimidation or seduction, as well as extortion, and have indicated that those who survived death on the front lines were subjected to terrible shocks, even rape and persecution.
Priority for reopening roads in Taiz
In another context, the office of the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced that he had met in the Omani capital Muscat with the head of the Houthi negotiating delegation, Muhammad Abdul Salam, and a number of Omani officials and members of the diplomatic corps in Muscat. The truce, especially the priority of opening roads in Taiz and other governorates.
To ease the suffering
He underscored that the opening of roads is critical to alleviating the human suffering of Yemenis and building confidence, and stressed the importance of the opportunity provided by the truce to provide tangible assistance to Yemenis across the country and reach a political settlement.
The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General to Yemen drew attention to the same issue in a conversation with the President of the Yemeni Transitional Council, Rashad al-Alimi, considering that the reopening of the Taiz checkpoints remains an urgent priority in his efforts to consultations and transition to other files.
