The Houthis and the Brotherhood .. Partners of terrorism hide the fate of thousands of Yemenis
English - Tuesday 01 September 2020 الساعة 05:08 pm
Newsyemen , Al Ain News:
His father died 3 years after he was forcibly disappeared in the prisons of the Houthi coup militia, while his elderly mother still believes that her son, who was kidnapped in 2016, from his home in Hodeidah governorate in western Yemen, may return one day from behind the darkness.
On the occasion of the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, Khaled Muhammad Hassan Al-Wajih's mother recounted the tragedies of her 28-year-old son, who was supporting a family of 4 people, before the Houthi militia kidnapped him and hid him in secret prisons in Hodeidah governorate, according to the UAE Al-Ain News website.
The website revealed that the coup militia had converted several buildings in Hodeidah into secret prisons, most notably the “Mardian Hotel and the notorious Hunaish Prison”, the former military hospital and residential buildings in the vicinity of the Political Security Organization headquarters, and one of the buildings of Ras Issa oil facilities and the Al-Furqan Foundation in Al-Duha, as well as farms Wadi Sardad.
The terrorist militia is also using the kidnapped people as human shields and increasing their families' pain, as is the case with "Khaled Al-Wajih", who the putschists refused to release to attend the funeral of his father, after his death due to sadness about the fate of his son in April 2019.
Khaled's mother says: "We knew after a long search that he had been transferred from Hodeidah to the Political Security prison in Sana'a, and we went to visit him, but the Houthis refused to allow us to see him even once, and they told us that Khaled was released, and we must search for him."
The grieving mother confirms that the Houthi militia lied to them and was still hiding her son forcibly six years ago, and that the allegations of his release are untrue.
As is the case with Khaled’s mother, thousands of Yemeni families are living similar stories, after the escalation of the crimes of enforced disappearance that affect civilians, especially in the aftermath of the Houthi coup and the invasion of the country's cities at the end of 2014.
During the last period, those crimes were no longer the preserve of the Houthi militia, as the continuation of the war revealed the masked practice of the Yemeni Brotherhood's brutal approach towards their opponents.
In the same coastal city in western Yemen, Akram Hamid Al-Zubaidi's mother is still waiting with heartache for the return of her son, who used to work in Taiz governorate, guarding a medical facility before the Muslim Brotherhood kidnapped him and forcibly disappeared him for nearly 4 years.
Akram's mother also narrates that she endured the hardship of traveling from Hodeidah to the city of Taiz in search of her kidnapped son in one of the secret prisons of the Brotherhood militia, but soon after days she returned to her home in the Jarahi district after her search methods and her constant pleas to their leaders failed.
She added in a calm tone, "I do not want more than hearing my son’s voice and seeing him fine," indicating that the last time I heard Akram's voice was on June 3, 2016, after which he forcibly disappeared, as I learned from his colleagues that he tried to prevent the Brotherhood militia from looting the medical facility in which he worked as a guard Then, armed Brotherhood patrols returned and kidnapped and forcibly disappeared him.
The Iranian-backed Houthi militia and members of the terrorist Brotherhood organization share the management of 16 secret prisons in Taiz, all of which have been recently established, according to the Committee for the Forcibly Disappeared.
The prison of “Al-Saleh” city is one of the most famous secret prisons in the parts under the control of the Houthi militia, while the prisons of “Rawda”, “Al-Madhbah”, “Royal Hotel” and “Public Funds Prosecution Building” are among the most prominent illegal prisons for the Brotherhood militia.
Among the 12 thousand and 636 abductees, the number of forcibly disappeared persons is estimated at 236 Yemenis, of whom “90” have been forcibly disappeared since 2015. According to a recent statement issued by the Abductees Mothers Association.
According to the Human Rights League, the detainees are practicing the most horrific methods of torture and abuse of human dignity, as 81 of them died under torture, and their families were only allowed to see them as dead bodies.
