Shocking details..Houthi militia kidnaps a new group of women supporting the conference

English - Wednesday 22 September 2021 الساعة 09:31 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:

The Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, has kidnapped dozens of women and activists affiliated with the General People's Congress, in Sanaa, which is under its control, while hundreds of girls have been hidden in secret prisons, since the uprising of December 2, 2017.

A security source in Sana'a told "NewsYmen" that the Houthi militia, in the past weeks, launched a new campaign of kidnappings, targeting activists and conference women who were holding government positions.

He explained that the Houthis' own security apparatus (the intelligence) summoned a number of prominent women supporters of the Popular Congress Party unilaterally, and tried to recruit them to work for the group.

According to the source, some of them, under pressure and intimidation, accepted the resumption of partisan activities according to the dictates of the Houthis, while others refused to give in to pressure to be kidnapped and forcibly disappeared in secret prisons in Sana'a.

He pointed out that a number of recently kidnapped women work in ministries and government agencies, including the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, in addition to trade unions and unions.

The last campaign affected between 17 and 30 women and girls, 4 of whom were released, while the rest are still hidden and their families do not know their fate.

While another source told "Newsmen", that the families of some of them informed the leaders of the Popular Congress Party, in Sana'a, that they had been kidnapped, but advised the families to remain discreet and not to raise the issue in the media and to negotiate with the Houthis, to release them.

The source confirmed that the Houthis also kidnapped girls close to the families of former officials of the Popular Congress Party, with the aim of pressure and blackmailing them to work for the militia, although some of the targets left government and party work and stayed in their homes since 2011.