Three popular artists are imprisoned in the prisons of the Houthi militia, in Amran Governorate, on charges of committing the “crime of singing.”

Local sources said that elements affiliated with the Houthi leader, Naif Abu Kharshafa, appointed director of the governorate police, stormed a wedding hall in the city of Amran yesterday, Friday, and kidnapped three popular artists.

She added: The militia members kidnapped the popular artist Hashem Al-Sharafi, the artist Muhammad Al-Dahimi, and the music distributor, Mabrouk Al-Dahimi, from the wedding hall, and took them to one of its prisons in the governorate.

The sources explained that “the Houthi militias threatened all owners of wedding halls to close the halls if songs were played, and obliged them to play the “Al-Zawamil” of the Iranian-backed group.

Last Saturday, the militia stormed a wedding hall and kidnapped the popular artist Bassam Mohsen Adad.

The militia’s violations against popular artists in the governorate come in implementation of the directives of the Houthi leader Abu Kharshafa, who recently issued instructions to ban songs as “haram” at weddings and events, and limit themselves to the group’s affiliates, and to impose a financial fine and imprison anyone who violates these directives, according to sources. In the governorate.