A quarantine in the open ... The Houthi militia is holding 3 thousand travelers in Al-Bayda
English - Thursday 19 March 2020 الساعة 06:39 pm
Al-Jawf, Newsyemen, private:
The Houthi militias, the Iranian arm in Yemen, have started enforcing a two-week compulsory detention of all travelers coming from outside Yemen to their areas of control through a number of land outlets in Al-Bayda governorate under the pretext of "medical screening", amid complaints about the humiliation of the human blood of travelers.
A directive issued by the Houthi government, unrecognized, by the Ministry of Health to detain all travelers coming from abroad to the militia’s control areas, starting on Monday, with a detention period of 14 days.
While local sources in Al-Bayda told "Newsyemen", the Houthi militia has created 6 centers for what it called (medical screening) targeting returnees from outside Yemen in the ports of: Afar, Al-Majam, Awin, Rada'a, Sabah and Al-Rayashiya, noting that the militias claim that these centers are a measure precaution not to enter corona infected cases.
It affirmed that the militia's "Afar" point is holding more than 3,000 citizens, including women, children and the elderly, on the pretext of quarantine and making sure that they are free from Corona.
The sources added that the Houthi militia had emptied two residential buildings for what they called (quarantine) in the Directorate of Al-Malajem and Thi Naaem, in addition to two hospitals for the establishment of what they called (medical isolation), namely, Al Wahda Hospital in Thi Naaem and Bani Wahb Hospital in Al-Malajem.
Passengers at Afar Point confirmed, on Monday evening, the detention of more than ten mass transit buses coming from neighboring countries under poor conditions of detention, especially for women and children in terms of shelter, lack of food and restrooms. They indicated that personal cars were parked in the outlets and families were piled into the open.
They added, it would have been better for the authorities in Marib and Aden to advise travelers to stay and not to continue traveling, knowing that the Houthis closed the ports in their areas of control.
The travelers advised the expatriates from all countries not to return at the present time to pity the sick, the elderly, the children and the women, regarding the way the Houthi militias treat the travelers and the deteriorating conditions of their detention.
