The Ministry of Human Rights condemned the frantic campaign of kidnappings launched by the terrorist Houthi militias against workers in international and local organizations operating in areas under its control.

The ministry said in a statement, “Since the past few days, the terrorist Houthi militias, through their security and intelligence services, have begun raiding the homes of a number of activists, and the headquarters of international and local organizations, kidnapping a number of employees of these organizations, and confiscating their electronic devices.”

The Ministry added, "According to the information, the number of those who were kidnapped reached more than 50 employees of international and local organizations, including four women, one of whom was arrested with her husband and children, as we reported. The campaign is still continuing, and until now the families of the kidnapped people do not know anything about their conditions."< /p>

The Ministry indicated that such actions expose those working in providing humanitarian and human rights work to danger, and hinder relief work, as these actions are considered war crimes. Explaining that what the terrorist Houthi militias have done is not new, as the militias and their leaders declare daily that they do not It respects international humanitarian law and sees human rights law as a soft enemy to societies.

The Ministry stressed the need to punish the perpetrators of these crimes and ensure that they do not escape punishment... stressing that the soft language policy followed by the United Nations and the international community with the Houthi militias during the past years encouraged them to continue with human rights violations.

The Ministry of Human Rights renewed its continued follow-up of the issue of the abductees. It called on all activists and civil society organizations to continue monitoring and documenting all violations. It called on United Nations agencies and international organizations to quickly move their headquarters to the temporary capital, Aden, to ensure their safety and to continue carrying out humanitarian and human rights work. .

In its statement, the Ministry of Human Rights called on the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and the rest of the actors in the international community, to take urgent and rapid measures to ensure the safety of the kidnapped people... a reminder of the results of the slowdown in the case of activist Hisham Al-Hakimi.