The US Treasury announced on Monday that it designated the Houthi National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs and its leader, Abdul Qader Al-Murtada, for sanctions

Being involved in violations against prisoners held in prisons run by the Houthis in Yemen.

The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, that it "designated the Houthi National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs and its leader, Abdul Qadir Al-Murtada, pursuant to Executive Order No. 13818, as foreign persons responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations." Or participated in it directly or indirectly.

The statement added: “Al-Murtada was also listed as a foreign person who is a leader or official of an entity, including any government entity, whose members participated or participated in serious human rights violations related to the term of office of the leader or official,” indicating that the authority It runs prisons in Yemen.

According to the United Nations, prisoners in a prison, known as the Exchange House in Sanaa, are subjected to torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by prison staff. In addition, multiple reports indicate that members of the prison administration are personally involved in crimes against prisoners, including Al-Murtada.

Those detained include former US Embassy employees, United Nations employees, humanitarian workers, and journalists; Many of them are said to be arbitrarily detained, and some of the prisoners are minors.

 Prison officials engage in systematic psychological and physical cruelty and punishment, including mock executions, beatings, and electrocutions, among other abuses. Prison officials denied inmates adequate medical care; As a result, some prisoners suffer from permanent disabilities, and some of them have died, according to the statement.