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Click to expand Image Armed Houthi gunmen stormed a peaceful Baha'i annual general meeting in Sanaa, Yemen, detaining at least 17 including 5 women, May 25, 2023. 2023 Private (Beirut) - Armed Houthi forces stormed a private residence in Sanaa, Yemen on May 25, 2023, where Yemeni Baha'is were meeting, and detained and subsequently disappeared 17 people, Human Rights Watch said today. The Baha'is, a religious community and a minority in Yemen, have faced ongoing persecution by the Houthis, the de facto authorities in Sana'a, the capital, and much of Yemen. "Houthi authorities' flagrant targeting of Baha'is solely on the basis of their religious beliefs is a clear violation of their human rights," said Niku Jafarnia, Yemen and Bahrain researcher at Human Rights Watch. "They should immediately reveal the condition and whereabouts of the detained Baha'is, release everyone detained solely for the peaceful religious practice, and respect the rights
Click to expand Image Armed Houthi gunmen stormed a peaceful Baha'i annual general meeting in Sanaa, Yemen, detaining at least 17 including 5 women, May 25, 2023. 2023 Private (Beirut) - Armed Houthi forces stormed a private residence in Sanaa, Yemen on May 25, 2023, where Yemeni Baha'is were meeting, and detained and subsequently disappeared 17 people, Human Rights Watch said today. The Baha'is, a religious community and a minority in Yemen, have faced ongoing persecution by the Houthis, the de facto authorities in Sana'a, the capital, and much of Yemen. "Houthi authorities' flagrant targeting of Baha'is solely on the basis of their religious beliefs is a clear violation of their human rights," said Niku Jafarnia, Yemen and Bahrain researcher at Human Rights Watch. "They should immediately reveal the condition and whereabouts of the detained Baha'is, release everyone detained solely for the peaceful religious practice, and respect the rights
LONDON: Yemen’s Houthi militia detained and disappeared 17 people belonging to the Baha’i faith in the capital Sanaa on May 25, Human Rights Watch reported. The religious minority has faced significant persecution under Houthi rule, with the Baha’i International Community, the faith’s world body, saying its members were deliberately targeted in the raid. The abductions took
Armed Houthi forces stormed a private residence in Sanaa, Yemen on May 25, 2023, where Yemeni Baha’i were meeting, and detained and subsequently disappeared 17 people.