Houthi security official in Yemen sanctioned by UN for crimes against women
Sultan Saleh Aida Aida Zabin, who heads criminal investigations in Houthi rebel territory, has allegedly played a role in arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual crimes against women involved in politics.
The United Nations has sanctioned a Houthi official in Yemen for alleged human rights abuses against women.
The UN Security Council designated Sultan Saleh Aida Aida Zabin on Thursday. Zabin is the director of the Criminal Investigation Department in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. He was sanctioned for alleged crimes against women, the council said in a press release.
“He has played a prominent role in a policy of intimidation and use of systematic arrest, detention, torture, sexual violence and rape against politically active women,” said the council.
Women have been forcibly disappeared, raped, tortured and denied medical treatment at sites Zabin is responsible for and he has administered torture himself on some occasions, according to the release.
