20,000 people held in Houthis prisons in Yemen‏

Around 20,000 people are being held in hundreds of prisons in Yemen in areas under the control of Iran-backed Houthi militias.

The information was disclosed during an online symposium organized by a human rights coalition, Yemen’s official SABA news agency said.

Mutahar Al-Badhiji, executive director of the Yemeni Coalition to Monitor Human Rights Violations, said during the symposium that Yemen has gone through its worst humanitarian crisis during the past year and a half due to the systematic violations of the Houthi militias against people, the agency added.

Murad al-Garati, president of the Temkin development and human rights organization, said roughly 20,000 people are being held in 790 official and informal prisons under Houthi control.

He added that the Houthis have recruited 7,000 children and are responsible for planting landmines in various cities that have killed 6,000 people.