The so-called Specialized Criminal Court of First Instance, which is controlled by the Houthi terrorist group in Sana’a, has sentenced six residents of Al-Mahwit province to death for speaking out against their sectarian ideas and terrorist practices. The Houthi militia continues its violations and criminal practices against the Yemeni people, using the judiciary for political purposes.
Yemeni sources reported that six civilians who were given execution orders were subjected to enforced disappearances and severe torture for almost six consecutive years.
In a statement, the Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights dismissed the trials as farcical travesties aimed at spreading terror and intimidation and silencing areas it controls.
On the other hand, a government report released by a human rights organization in Al-Jawf province showed that in the last 2022, 3,495 cases of human rights violations committed by Houthi terrorist groups were recorded in all areas of the province.
These violations were divided between (17) outright killings, (34) landmine killings, (5) direct wounding, (67) landmine attacks, in addition to (30) kidnappings, (1300) forcible displacement and (45) Cases of Forced Displacement A case of psychological trauma for relatives and families of mine victims.
The report also looks at Houthi abuses that have affected public and private property, most notably the looting by militias (4) of government facilities in the Al-Yatemah area of Love and Al-Shahaf district after they took control of it, while militia mines resulted in the destruction of about 73 vehicles, and a militia-caused derivatives crisis damaged 25 provincial-level farms.
