90 organizations call on the United Nations to designate the Houthis a terrorist group
English - Monday 14 February 2022 الساعة 10:00 am
Aden, NewsYemen:
Yemeni, regional and international civil society organizations have called on the United Nations, with its 193 members, to classify the Houthi militia as a terrorist group, warning of the real danger posed by its approach to peace in Yemen, and a threat to international peace and security.
A human rights statement issued by the Yemeni Coalition for Independent Women in partnership with 90 local, regional and international civil society organizations affirmed that the international community's rapid response to classifying the Houthi militia as a terrorist group, placing it on global terrorist lists, and prosecuting its leaders in the International Criminal Court, will contribute to the success of the policy of maximum pressure on Al-Houthi terrorist group to stop its crimes and dry up its sources of support, and contribute to enhancing peace opportunities and delivering humanitarian aid to those who deserve it.
He added, "We are following with great concern the crimes of the Houthi group, which it deliberately commits on a daily basis by bombing civilian objects and vital installations in densely populated Yemeni cities, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with ballistic missiles and drones, and the resulting killing and injury of civilians without moving these crimes." Which amount to war crimes - the conscience of the international community, which is called upon today to stop them with decisions that ensure that they do not recur in the future.”
The statement pointed out that the Houthi militias have caused a worsening of the humanitarian situation, starting with the increase in the number of displacement of thousands of families who have become homeless without shelter, in addition to the victims of mines, which reached, during the month of January, 73 civilians, dead and wounded in a number of Yemeni cities and countryside.
He stressed that the Houthi militias have recruited more than 35,000 children since 2014, and used schools, mosques and summer camps to brainwash at least 60,000 children, train them and send them to the fronts, pointing out that the Houthi militias see in Yemen and Yemenis nothing but fuel for their proxy wars. Iranian regime.
The statement explained that the Houthi militias have turned airports into military barracks and ports into launching centers for operations targeting the security and safety of international navigation, and have a black record of targeting international shipping lines, booby-trapping boats, and attacking and piracy of commercial and humanitarian ships.
