In Yemen, the Houthis have unilaterally released 600 captured government soldiers.
Globalinfo.az reports that this was announced by the Al Masirah television channel, citing the Houthi Prisoner Affairs Committee.
According to the head of the committee, Abdulqader al-Murtada, this is the largest unilateral pardon initiative carried out since the conflict began in 2015.
He stated that throughout the conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s official authorities, a total of 2,612 people have been released through such initiatives.
“We approach prisoners from a humanitarian perspective, far from the logic of revenge,” al-Murtada said.
According to him, those freed made up the eighth such group, which includes sick and elderly soldiers.
Some of the prisoners had been held in detention for many years. The release process was carried out in Sana’a with the participation of staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Al-Murtada accused Saudi Arabia and its coalition allies of failing to put forward any humanitarian initiatives or unilaterally release prisoners during the conflict.
He also claimed that the committee has recorded more than 100 cases of prisoners being killed on the battlefield, as well as over 4,000 cases of torture and ill-treatment in the opposing side’s prisons.
The committee head urged the released servicemen to take advantage of this opportunity, return to normal life, and no longer take part in the fighting.
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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