The Ministry of Human Rights of the Yemeni government renewed its strong condemnation of the continued kidnapping and disappearance of more than 70 employees and activists, including 5 women, since the beginning of June 2024 in the prisons and detention centers of the terrorist Houthi militia.

A statement issued by the ministry stated that the abductees, including 19 employees of United Nations agencies and international organizations, are still forcibly disappeared, and their families have not been able to know their places of detention or their health conditions in the basements of the terrorist Houthi militias, in flagrant violation of their right to life, freedom and personal security. .

The statement indicated that this crime and the suffering of the families of the kidnapped victims after 120 days confirm

The black record of the Houthi terrorist militia in dealing with civil society and humanitarian work, including United Nations employees and international organizations, without paying attention to all international appeals to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The statement explained that the ministry’s follow-ups confirm that detainees and abductees in secret prisons are subjected to forms of torture and cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment to force them to give statements and confessions that condemn them... pointing to the media campaign that accompanied the kidnapping campaign by promoting misleading information through its media platforms. It accuses them of being spies and agents for the benefit of America, Israel, and other foreign parties, which distorts the image of humanitarian work and degrades their humanitarian roles in front of their families by targeting social beliefs and values.

The statement added, “These illegal practices represent a flagrant violation of international human rights law and the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, which protect the rights of civilians in armed conflicts. They also represent a flagrant violation of the Universal Declaration and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and constitute a grave and dangerous violation and are considered crimes against humanity.” Including the crime of obstructing the access of humanitarian aid, these practices require that their perpetrators be held accountable before international courts.

The statement considered the Houthi militias’ ignoring the appeals of the United Nations and the Security Council and their boasting about these violations as confirmation of what the ministry was saying regarding the militias’ indifference to the international community and the UN special envoy to Yemen.

In this regard, the statement renewed the Ministry’s call on the international community to move quickly to take deterrent decisions and truly describe the terrorist nature of this group, and to include the names of the leaders who carry out these acts to the sanctions list, so that this move would serve as a deterrent pressure force to save the lives of the kidnapped people and protect them from what these militias are doing. .

The Ministry called on the media and national, regional and international human rights organizations to shed light on these violations and crimes that targeted all human rights and freedoms, calling for concerted local, regional and international efforts to immediately and unconditionally release all abductees and ensure that all those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.