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Yemeni abductees in Houthi prisons facing disease outbreaks
2017-10-29
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An association made up of mothers of kidnapped prisoners in Yemen’s Ibb governorate have appealed for the quick intervention to save the lives of their children and release those arbitrarily kidnapped and imprisoned by Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
militias and forces loyal to ousted former president Saleh.

On Saturday, the association condemned the continuous kidnapping and prolonged detention of dozens of patients in the coup prisons.

The association stressed that the abductees got infected with chronic and serious diseases, which require releasing them quickly to receive the necessary treatment in hospitals to save their lives.

A statement issued by the mothers’ protest said that the prolonged imprisonment has caused them both physical and psychological harm.

The Yemeni mothers have also appealed to UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
, UN envoy, the conscience of humanity and human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
organizations to intervene quickly to rescue the kidnapped and forcibly disappeared, and to work for their unconditional release.

The statement said that the coup is responsible for the life and safety of all those kidnapped and forcibly disappeared.

The group of mothers have held frequent protests in the areas controlled by the coup for three years since militia takeover and are demand that coup poltters for the release of their children. Thousands of people have been tossed in the clink
Please don't kill me!
, forcibly disappeared and brutally tortured in Houthi prisons.

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