The death of two Yemenis under torture in Houthi prisons sparked widespread human rights anger on Monday, amid accusations that the militias had killed 300 civilians abducted in the same way over the course of eight years.
According to Yemeni human rights reports, one civilian and one military detainees died as a result of severe torture in the prisons of the terrorist Houthi militia in the capital, Sanaa.
The Musawah Organization for Rights and Freedoms said in a statement that it received a report from the family of Munaser Al-Rasas, a 40-year-old detainee, confirming his death under severe torture in the prisons of the Houthi militia, seven months after he was kidnapped from his home in the district of Maswarah.
The Organization said it received a similar report from the family of Yemeni soldier Hadi Hussein Salem Al-Shani, 26, confirming his death under torture in a Houthi jail in the capital.
It added that the brutal interrogation techniques of Houthis in regions under their control lead to the death of the detainees.
In July 2022, Musawah had documented the Iran-backed Houthi militias’ killing of 300 detainees under torture in their prisons since their coup in Yemen in September 2014.
Meanwhile, Yemeni human rights activists fear the militias will execute prisoners, including the last batch of detainees from the governorate of Saada.
Last month, Houthis ordered the execution of 16 individuals in Saada governorate for collaborating with their opponents, the Yemeni government and the Saudi-led Arab Coalition.
During the weekend, the forcibly displaced peoples of Saada have condemned illegal execution sentences issued by Iran-allied Houthi militias against several individuals in Saada.
The protestors issued a statement in which they decried the militias' illegal and unfair execution verdicts against 32 Yemenis from Saada.
They also called on the UN, International Community and Human Rights Council to condemn the execution sentences, and mount pressure on the terrorist Houthi group to release the abductees.
Meanwhile in Riyadh, member of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Aidarous al-Zabidi, received Sunday the Dutch ambassador to Yemen, Peter Derrek Hof.
The two officials discussed the latest developments in Yemen in light of the efforts made at the regional and international levels to end the war and bring peace to Yemen and the region.
