Yemeni Network: 169 Killings and Injuries Committed by the Houthi Militia in 14 Governorates

Arab Sea Newspaper - Follow-ups

Arab Sea - Yemen - Follow-ups: The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms revealed that it had documented 123 cases of filicide and 46 injuries committed by elements of the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia in 14 Yemeni governorates during the past period. In a recent report, the network explained that it recorded four cases of filicide in the governorates of Al-Bayda and Al-Dhalea in just 48 hours, including a horrific crime in which a Houthi gunman killed three members of his family, including his wife and mother, in the Juban district, northeast of Al-Dhalea. The report confirmed that the perpetrator had undergone sectarian ideological courses that fueled a culture of hatred and revenge within him. According to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the network considered these family crimes to reflect a dangerous and worrying escalation of the phenomenon of domestic violence and filicide within Houthi-controlled areas, in light of systematic security chaos, the spread of weapons, and the deterioration of living, social, and psychological conditions. It pointed out that the militia forces young people to attend sectarian and combat courses, which turns them into ticking time bombs that threaten their families and society. The network warned that the Houthi sectarian project threatens the Yemeni social fabric and the cohesion of families, stressing that every young man who is subjected to "brainwashing" in those courses may turn into a "potential killer" at any moment, which makes every house in the Houthi areas threatened with internal explosion. The network also held the Houthi militia fully responsible for the spread of these crimes and the moral and social collapse, as a result of its policies based on fueling a culture of death and hatred in the name of religion. It considered that imposing sectarian courses on various segments of society, including children and minors, is a major factor in fueling violence and dismantling the social fabric. The network called on the international community and the United Nations to pressure the Houthis to close the sectarian mobilization centers that target civilians, holding international parties partly responsible as a result of their silence regarding these violations.