Arrests and Kidnappings… Houthi Militias Continue Their Crimes

29th October 2024

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Arrests and Kidnappings... Houthi Militias Continue Their Crimes

The Houthi militias treat hostages from international and UN organizations as spies for the United States and Israel, refusing to release them without obtaining intelligence information.

Sources cited by the website Al-Muntasaf Net indicated that the Houthi militias have sought to trade the freedom of detained organization employees in exchange for intelligence about liberated areas.

The sources explained that the Houthi security and intelligence service is working to recruit certain employees of local organizations with projects in areas under the legitimate government’s control, particularly those residing in Sanaa. Some have been forced to cooperate under threat, having been abandoned by the international community, which has limited itself to demands without applying pressure to compel the militias to release them unconditionally.

In a related development, a politician loyal to the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in Yemen revealed the names of senior leaders overseeing the campaign of arrests and kidnappings targeting party leaders, politicians, and social media activists in recent months.

The writer and politician Mohamed Al-Maqaleh indicated that the leaders Ahmed Hamed, who claims the position of director of the presidential office in Sanaa, and Abdel Karim Al-Khaiwani, who claims to be head of the militia’s intelligence service, are overseeing the arrests through a media monitoring agency targeting social media activists.

In a post on his page on the X platform, Al-Maqaleh accused these leaders of being behind the abduction and arrest of political activists, even those who previously supported the Houthi leader Abdel-Malek Al-Houthi, such as activist Raddad Al-Hudhayfi.