Al-MUKALLA, Yemen: The Iran-backed Houthis have abducted 16,804 civilians in territories under their control since the start of their coup against the internationally recognized government in late 2014, a Yemeni rights group said. The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedom said in a report that almost two-thirds of the 16,804 abductees were freed or executed by their captors,
AL-MUKALLA: A number of Yemeni prisoners at a detention center in Houthi-controlled Sanaa have gone on hunger strike to put pressure on the militia to release them and end their brutal treatment, their families said on Monday. Prisoners held at the Houthi-run Intelligence Prison in Sanaa’s Shamlan area went on hunger strike to protest their extended confinement and demand that