Houthis commit atrocities against Yemeni women

CAIRO – 6 December 2017: Houthi militia attacked women in Yemen for raising the photo of the former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration, according to a video released on Twitter.

The video shows Houthi rebels firing shots at women for raising photos of Saleh and violently dispersing them and tearing apart Saleh’s photos.

مظاهرة نسائية صباح اليوم تطالب بتسليم جثة صالح واطلاق اسرى المؤتمر...ضربوا عليهم رصاص حي وجروا بعدهن بالصواعق..

الله المستعان .. الوساخة بانت لاعد احترموا نسوان ولارجال! pic.twitter.com/usqGdgMtcz

— Jamal Badr (@JamalBadr) ٦ ديسمبر، ٢٠١٧

The General People's Congress Party announced on December 5 the murder of its chairman and former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, following reports of cancelling his alliance with Houthi rebels and joining the Saudi-led military coalition.

After the incident, Yemeni rebels, who have full control over the capital Sana'a, have detained more than 40 media staff, including staff of Yemen Today, a television channel affiliated with former President Ali Abdullah Saleh who was killed by the Houthi rebels on Monday as he fled the capital following the collapse of their uneasy three-year alliance.

In addition, Yemen's permanent representative to the United Nations, Khaled Hussein al-yemany said that the Houthi militias killed over a 1000 military and political leaders of the General People's Congress and presidential guards over the past two days.

In a statement to Al-Arabiya, yemany said that killing operations are ongoing around the clock.