The Human Rights League and the Women for Peace Coalition in Yemen reported that Houthi militias kidnapped 1,781 Yemeni women between December 2017 and September 2022. Women recruited by the Houthi militia kidnap women.
During a human rights symposium held on the sidelines of the 51st session of the Human Rights Council in the Swiss city of Geneva, the association pointed out that the arrests of women were carried out outside the law and without any legal procedures. The symposium dealt with what women are subjected to in Houthi militia prisons, Iranian weapons in Yemen and their use as a pressure map against all its opponents, noting the recent arrest of 74 girls from Hajja province and their imprisonment in Nusayriyah’s central prison, Hajja.
She pointed to the death sentences against women, as 6 death sentences were handed down against 6 women, including a minor, and the symposium participants stressed the need to focus on police crimes against women in light of the ongoing practice of arrest, abduction, torture and rape of women in areas under his control, the intensity of which is alarming, which requires their release. For all women held in official and secret prisons, as well as police, criminal investigation, political security and national security departments in Sanaa, Dhamar, Rada Castle and Haj Jail.
extension of the humanitarian truce
In this regard, Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Yemen, stressed on Tuesday evening the importance of extending the humanitarian truce in Yemen for longer periods of time.
Grundberg stressed that this gives the Yemenis the opportunity to make progress on a broader scale that respects priorities and gives space to prepare for comprehensive political negotiations, including a nationwide ceasefire.
This is stated in a statement released by the office of the UN envoy after his visit to Riyadh and Muscat.
The statement quoted Grundberg as saying: “We are at a crossroads where the danger of renewed war has become real” and called on the parties to take an alternative approach that puts the needs of the Yemeni people at the forefront.
According to the statement, the UN envoy met with the head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, in Riyadh to discuss ongoing efforts to implement and extend the truce.
Grundberg briefed President Al-Alimi on the latest developments and a truce proposal presented by the United Nations was discussed.
