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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Houthis Ignore Judges’ Strike in Sanaa, Take Measures Undermining Yemeni Judiciary

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the cousin of the Houthi militia leader, forces MPs loyal to his group to legitimize his destruction of the judiciary (Twitter)

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a Houthi military leader, is pressing on with measures to undermine the judiciary in Yemen’s militia-run areas, showing total indifference towards a strike led by Yemeni judges over the kidnapping and killing of Judge Mohamed Homran.

To date, most courts in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa are insisting on carrying on with their strike in protest of the killing of Homran with most judges refusing to return to work until the Houthi group meets the demands announced by the Yemen Courts Club.

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