Houthi militias continue looting Yemeni property

The Houthi terrorist militias have carried out looting and confiscation of the property of dozens of opponents of their sectarian project in al-Mahwit Governorate, as part of the militias’ organized looting of pro-legitimacy al-Mahwit residents, including the homes of resistance leaders.

Local sources told December.com that Houthi leader Khaled al-Khazan, who is in charge of the so-called presidential committee, formed a committee of supervisors to carry out this task in the province’s directorates, according to al-Mahwit media center.

Rights and Freedoms Watch has documented more than 42 cases of confiscation, seizure and looting of private property, homes, vehicles, and money belonging to civilians and political opponents displaced from al-Mahwit governorate to areas outside the control of militias.

In a statement issued the day before yesterday, the organization condemned the looting, which included houses, cars, cash and private property, local news sites reported.
The terrorist militias are adapting laws and legislative and legal decrees to facilitate their control over the property of civilians opposed to them and those displaced from areas under their control, the statement said.

He described these operations as collective punishment against civilians and those displaced from areas under the control of militias, which under international humanitarian law is a war crime, according to article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

It called on all international and local human rights organizations to carry out their moral and humanitarian duty, condemn, monitor and document these crimes, and legally support the victims so that the perpetrators of these crimes do not go unpunished.

A survey report last February revealed the development of mechanisms and procedures for looting and confiscating the assets of opponents, from traditional methods based on coercive force to systematic and widespread seizures and looting through extensive networks, including the judiciary, the central bank, security and intelligence services affiliated with the militias, and other entities that are ordered by the judicial guard.