Yemenis from different walks of life in Houthi-run areas have banded together and organized rallies to protest the militias’ policies of looting, oppression and corruption.
Demonstrators protested the continued meddling in the decisions of the judiciary and accused Houthis of manipulating rulings issued against citizens to the favor of their Iran-backed agenda.
Well-informed sources based in Sanaa confirmed that anti-Houthi protests had been increasing and expanding across several areas.
In August, according to sources, Sanaa and the governorates of Ibb, Dhamar, Sanaa, Taiz, Hajjah, Al-Bayda, and Rayma witnessed a wave of widespread demonstrations triggered by deteriorating living conditions, spreading corruption, and rising crime levels.
Kidnappings, torture, murder and looting have become very common in Houthi-run territory.
The sources documented the organization of more than 65 strikes and protests opposing the Houthi militia's policies and crimes, during August.
In one of the documented accounts, the employees and doctors of the largest hospitals in Sanaa denounced the suspension of the payment of their salaries eight months ago.
The demonstrators roamed a number of streets surrounding Al-Thawra General Hospital, from its main gate, demanding their rights and slamming the systematic looting of the hospital's revenues and the destruction of its assets.
In another account, the Mothers of Abductees Association organized two strikes that took place in Sanaa and Ibb.
Local reports confirmed earlier that Houthi-controlled areas had witnessed during the past few years waves of widespread protests against the group for several reasons, some of which related to the deterioration of living conditions, and the militia’s pursuit of a policy of exclusion, looting of salaries, and others.
Three days ago, a group of citizens in Ibb governorate marched on foot, calling on the local authority of the Houthi militia to find the killers of a Yemeni boy, Raad al-Zandani, and his sister, Hanadi.
The demonstrators held a rally outside the Public Prosecution building, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to trial quickly and a harsh punishment be inflicted on them.
