War economy flourishing behind the walls of Houthis detention centers ...Yemen

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War economy flourishing behind the walls of Houthis detention centers
By Almasdar Online At the end of 2018, Mohammed Ahmed Al-Sabri was smuggled out of a prison in Dhamar governorate after paying 4 million Yemeni riyals (about $8,000 at the time*) to influential Houthis. He had already spent nearly 5 million riyals ($10,000) in ransom payments for unfulfilled promises of his release. The details of Al-Sabri’s story shed light on the obscure prison economy that has flourished in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen since the armed movement seized control of the capital Sana’a in a coup. The unlawful arrest and imprisonment of thousands of civilians has become a lucrative source of income for a powerful network of Houthi officials and loyalists who use their

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