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Houthi authorities It is said that On June 6, 2024, the Houthi armed forces raided the homes and offices of at least a dozen employees of UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, including at least nine UN employees, and detained them in Sana’a, Hodeidah, Saada and Amran in Yemen. The Houthi armed authorities appear to have arbitrarily detained these people based on their work. The Houthi armed forces that controlled the Yemeni capital Sana’a and most of northern Yemen have disappeared. Arbitrary detentionand Tortured Hundreds of civilians have been killed since the conflict in Yemen broke out in 2014, including UN and NGO staff.
Some of the detainees’ family members and colleagues told Human Rights Watch that Houthi authorities did not disclose the detainees’ whereabouts or allow them to contact their employers or families. The authorities’ refusal to disclose the whereabouts or fate of the detainees may amount to Enforced disappearance In one case, the Houthis also detained the husband and two children, aged 3 and 9 months, of a woman who was serving a family. Civilized Society According to a source who spoke to Human Rights Watch, the group is working in Yemen.
The following quote is from Niku Jafarnia, Yemen and Bahrain researcher at Human Rights Watch:
“The Houthis should immediately release United Nations employees and staff of other independent groups detained in connection with their human rights and humanitarian work, and cease the arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of persons. Such detentions not only violate the rights of these individuals, but also undermine basic humanitarian and human rights work in Yemen at a time when most Yemenis lack access to basic necessities, such as food and water.”
The Houthis also detained several people working with Yemeni civil society organizations last week. Hisham HakimiThe Save the Children employee was arbitrarily detained by the Houthis on September 9, 2023, and eventually died in the detention center. Three United Nations staff members Still being arbitrarily detained by the Houthis – one since November 2021 and two since August 2023.
Arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances of civilians are serious violations of international law.
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