Yemeni activists and observers wondered about the United Nations resuming its activities in the occupied capital, Sana'a, without paying attention to the widespread arrest campaigns to which its employees were recently subjected.

Human rights activist Riyad Al-Dabai accused the United Nations and its agencies of not making any efforts to protect its Yemeni employees, and he said in a tweet on his account in “X”: “He who lacks something does not give it... This saying completely applies to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Who was unable to protect his international employees, how can he convince the rest of the people of his ability to provide protection for them in the event of any violations?

He added, "The campaign of arbitrary arrests carried out by the Houthis against United Nations employees, the Office of the High Commissioner had the largest share, as 6 employees were arrested, including Samira Balah, the UNHCR coordinator in the city of Hodeidah. In practice, the Office of the High Commissioner in Sana'a can be considered a hostage by The Houthis, which hinders him from working freely, documenting human rights violations, or even visiting cities.”

For his part, journalist Muhammad Anam considered that the suspicious silence that followed the Houthis’ campaign of arrests of UN employees “exposes the international organization’s disavowal of its legal and moral responsibility towards them. It is very painful that the United Nations and international organizations are unable to protect their workers and provide them with legal support.” An international betrayal of Yemeni employees

While researcher Mustafa Naji confirmed that the recent arrest campaign of the Houthi group would not have occurred without the United Nations’ complicity with the group, “It is no wonder that these organizations, agencies and offices continue to remain silent about what is happening to the Yemenis who worked with them because they simply apply double standards and deal with them with blatant racism.” It will also continue to finance Al-Houthi and respond to all his demands, and it will even go further in that it will be his arm to stop the government’s measures regarding banking policy and the work of banks.”

Media activist Sadiq Al-Wasabi pointed out that the Houthi group would not have dared to kidnap the employees of the United Nations and international organizations had it not been for this silence, betrayal, and leniency on the part of the United Nations organization.

Journalist and television broadcaster Muhammad Al-Dhabyani said that the Houthis plundered UN aid and stole donor money, and despite all that, the United Nations continued to work, and in the end its Yemeni employees were targeted and kidnapped by the group.