{"id":16414,"date":"2018-09-26T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=16414"},"modified":"2018-09-26T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:26:58","slug":"yemen-monitor-uk-condemn-houthi-discrimination-against-other-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=16414","title":{"rendered":"Yemen monitor, UK condemn Houthi discrimination against other groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1378121\/middle-east\" readability=\"78\">\n<p>\nDUBAI: Houthi militia elements discriminate against Yemeni people who do not belong to their tribe, Saudi state TV Al-Ekhbariya has reported, quoting a statement from the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe Houthi militia considers discrimination a part of its religious heritage,\u201d the human rights group said, explaining that the Iran-backed group practices violence against other sects and religions.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe statement stressed that the Houthi militias have become a threat to coexistence and social peace in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Houthis forced the displacement of many Yemeni families from their homes, which have been racially motivated, the group claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\nEarlier this week, the UK also expressed deep concern by reports that the Houthi authorities in Sanaa held a mass trial of members of Yemen\u2019s Baha\u2019i community. The Houthis tried 24 people, including eight women and a child, and charged them with sentences that could result in death.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Baha\u2019i community has been harassed for years but activists say their situation is becoming increasingly dangerous under the rule of the Iranian-backed militia.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Baha\u2019i faith is a small monotheistic religion which began in Iran in the 1800s.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe persecution of members of the Baha\u2019i community in areas of Yemen under Houthi control due to their religious beliefs is a serious violation of international human rights law,\u201d Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cNew cases of arbitrary detention and continuing reports of the abuse of detainees by the Houthis are deeply concerning, and we wholly condemn this mistreatment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said they are working closely with partners to press for the release of detained individuals and called on their partners to take a strong stance on this matter during the Human Rights Council this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: Houthi militia elements discriminate against Yemeni people who do not belong to their tribe, Saudi state TV Al-Ekhbariya has reported, quoting a statement from the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations. \u201cThe Houthi militia considers discrimination a part of its religious heritage,\u201d the human rights group said, explaining that the Iran-backed group practices&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":16415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}