Human rights sources reported today the death of a detainee in a prison operated by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Al-Bayda Governorate, central Yemen. The individual died just two days after being abducted. Sources accused the Houthis of assassinating Mukhtar Ali Yaqout Al-Ahmadi, a resident ...
Sultan Al-Aradah, a member of the Presidential Leadership has formed a committee to investigate the death of a detainee, Rashid Al-Hutam, in the Political Security prison in Marib governorate, according to senior security sources. The committee comprises officials from the Interior Ministry, loca...
On January 7, 2025, the Yemeni Journalists' Union urged the Houthi group, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization, to stop its harassment and mistreatment of journalists and to release all detainees. In a statement obtained by Barran Press, the union specifically cal...
On Friday, December 6, 2024, the United Nations renewed its call for the "immediate and unconditional" release of humanitarian workers arbitrarily detained by the Houthi movement, which is classified as a terrorist organization. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, in a statement...
On Saturday, November 23, 2024, the U.S. State Department announced that it has engaged with Oman's foreign ministry regarding the issue of its embassy staff in Sana'a and other humanitarian agency personnel detained by the Houthi group, which is internationally classified as a terrorist o...
On November 20, 2024, a source reported that the Houthi movement, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, has released an employee from the DeepRoot organization, who had been detained since before June in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a. According to Faris Al-Hemiary, a correspo...
On November 14, 2024, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Houthi authorities, classified as a terrorist organization, have transferred cases of at least 12 individuals, including former employees of the U.S. Embassy and the United Nations, to the "Specialized Criminal Prosecution" sin...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) renewed its call on Friday for the immediate and unconditional release of four of its staff members who have been "arbitrarily" detained by the Houthi group, which is internationally classified as a terrorist o...
On Thursday, October 3, 2024, the SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties announced that it has documented "32 violations of personal freedoms" in the Yemeni provinces of Sana'a and Aden from 2015 to 2023, with many of the accusations stemming from alleged "affiliation with th...
The Baha'i International Community (BIC) announced on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, that the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by the international community, has released the last four Baha'i detainees held captive for over a year. In a statement published on the BIC w...