Yemen: Political Kidnapping-Children
The story: the Yemeni government goes to arrest a human rights worker, a college kid. They cant find him, so they kidnap his 12 year old brother.
via HOOD: The Yemeni Organization defending Rights and Democratic Freedoms condemns targeting of Mr. Ismail Mohammed Ahmed Al Mutawakel, one of the organization’s activists, and the serious violations that his family has been subjected to. A group of armed persons kidnapped his brother the juvenile Ibrahim Mohammed Ahmed Al Mutawakel who has not exceeded 12 years old as a hostage on the 25th of May 2005.
This happened after attacking his house and horrifying the women and children inside it. The armed persons attacked the house and took some possessions without any warranty or legal document and this has been confirmed by human rights organizations that are concerned of this repeated action.
These actions practiced on human rights activists is a bad omen
They held the 12 year old for three weeks before they let him go.
There’s also quite an assortment of children as young as nine in Yemeni prisons.
