Amnesty International called on Yemen's Houthi movement, which controls the...
DUBAI - Amnesty International called on Yemen’s Houthi movement, which controls the capital Sanaa, to free 10 journalists held for nearly four years on what the rights group described as trumped-up spying charges.
The Iran-aligned Houthi group ousted the internationally recognized Yemeni government from power in Sanaa in late 2014, prompting a Saudi-led Sunni Muslim military coalition to intervene in the war in 2015 to try to restore the government of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. “It is completely outrageous that these men could face the death penalty simply for doing their jobs. The charges against them are false and should be dropped immediately,” Rasha Mohamed, Amnesty’s Yemen researcher, said in a statement.
The head of the Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said in response to a Reuters’ query for comment on the report via Whatsapp: “There is no truth to what some are claiming ... Let them provide proof that these people are present and they are journalists.”
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