Yemeni Minister warns against creating custom checkpoints by Houthis

Minister of the Civil Administration has warned against creating numerous custom checkpoints at entries of the capital Sana'a and other main cities by Houthis to seize relief coveys and impose illegal tariffs on commodities. 

Fatah told the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that such checkpoints worsened the humanitarian situation in some governorates ,and there is no possibility of further harassment and harassment of citizens and warns of a humanitarian disaster. "

He demanded the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jimmy McGoldrick and the UN organizations to condemn the acts practiced by the Houthi-Saleh militias, pointing out that they often abuse Yemeni merchants and workers of relief organizations. 

Fatah held the Houthi-Saleh militias responsible for deteriorated humanitarian situation in the governorates run by them, signaling out that they conduct mass sanctions against the Yemenis. 

He described the actions of the Houthi militias as being outside the constitutional and international laws and contrary to humanitarian and international principles. He called for stopping these acts and allowing the entry of food and humanitarian aid to those who deserve it and stopping the blackmail of traders. Adding that the continuation of these actions threatens the lives of millions of people in the provinces under their control.