Barran Press
Armed Houthi militants stormed a government office in Ibb Governorate on Sunday, June 2, 2024, kidnapping an employee in a humiliating manner, according to local sources and activists.
The militants, part of a military convoy, abducted the employee from the Works Office and dragged him in front of his colleagues, witnesses said. The employee, who has not been publicly identified, is accused of having a minor dispute with a neighbor over a piece of land.
"He has not committed any crime that would warrant such degrading treatment," said local activist Majed Yassin. "The use of armed force at his workplace is completely unjustified."
The incident is just the latest in a series of "almost daily violations" committed by the Houthis in Ibb Governorate, according to human rights reports. These violations include killings, assaults, kidnappings, and suppression of freedoms, affecting various segments of society.
Last Thursday, May 30, the Monitoring Organization for Rights and Freedoms documented 6,482 crimes and violations that took place in Ibb Governorate during 2023. The report highlighted that these violations reached all areas and districts of the governorate, encompassing incidents of murder, injury, kidnappings, extortion, torture, robbery, assaults, looting, suppression, persecution, thefts, school and mosque invasions, displacement, and attacks using Houthi military vehicles.