Capitals – Agencies:
On Friday, the Yemeni government followed a United Nations proposal backed by the international community to open roads, including a main road to the city of Taiz, and rejected any alternative proposals that favored the Houthi militia. Contains concessions, which have surrounded the city for nearly eight years.
This came in the words of the governor of Taiz, Nabil Shamsan, when visiting the city of Taiz in the context of intensive United Nations contacts to encourage the UN envoy in Yemen, General Anthony Hayward, and the military adviser of the delegation accompanying him. was. The Yemeni side will extend the humanitarian conflict that ends in early August for an additional six months.
The governor called on Shamsan to pressure the Iranian-backed Houthi militias to meet their commitments under the ceasefire agreement, which included the implementation of a UN resolution called by the government about opening roads to Taiz. Approval was granted, instead alternatives and other proposals were continued to be introduced. This includes new concessions that do not ease the suffering of citizens.
For his part, the military adviser to the UN envoy explained that the goal of his visit to the Taiz Governorate is to discuss and understand the security and military situations, the difficulties and challenges facing the governorate in general, and possible and proposed solutions.
Amnesty International called on the Houthi militia to release Yemeni journalist Younis Abdel Salam, who has been arbitrarily detained in their prisons for nearly a year.
The organization said in a statement that journalist Younis Abdel Salam was “arbitrarily detained without charge” for nearly a year at the hands of genuine Houthi authorities.
It also clarified that Yunus Abdel Salam was falsely accused of spying with foreign parties, and that he was forcibly disappeared for several weeks after his arrest, and then kept incommunicado for at least three months. went.
Houthi militias have carried out brutal repressions against freedom of the press and media, and have pursued and displaced journalists since the acquisition of Sanaa in 2014.
It also shut down all media outlets contrary to its instructions, kidnapped dozens of journalists, committed horrific torture in its prisons, and issued death sentences against many of them.
According to international reports and Reporters Without Borders, the Houthis have outperformed ISIS in targeting journalists in recent years.