Human Rights Groups Call for Trial of STC Militia in Aden over Abduction of Girl

Several human rights organizations in the occupied city of Aden have called for the trial of the militia of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is affiliated with the Emirati occupation, on charges of forcibly abducting a girl from her home in the city.

In a statement released on Saturday, the organizations stated that the STC militia kidnapped the girl from her home in the Bir Ahmed area on June 17, threatening and terrifying her family. This occurred after raiding several homes in the area and arresting several citizens who attempted to prevent the abduction of the 16-year-old girl by force at the hands of the Emirati occupation mercenaries.

These organizations described the crime as a flagrant violation of human rights and an unprecedented violation of the residents in areas under the control of the Saudi-Emirati occupation.

Concurrently, security chaos is increasing in the city of Aden and other Yemeni governorates under Saudi-Emirati control, causing concern among many citizens and residents in those areas.

Discontent has reached some officials in the “Presidential Council” of the mercenaries. Mercenary Yassen Makkawi considered that the escalating security chaos in Aden requires a re-examination of the composition and nature of the STC militia to ensure its presence in Aden is safe and not chaotic.

Makkawi called for the return of Aden to its people to straighten out the situation, adding: “You erred in planting the seeds, so the result was distortions happening in Aden, but they will not be the original.”

In 2015, Saudi and Emirati forces entered the city of Aden from Bir Ali, citing the need to repel the “Houthi” intervention and secure international navigation. It didn’t take long after the arrival of these forces for a new British-style experiment to take shape.

This comes amid escalating anger and popular discontent among citizens in the occupied southern and eastern provinces due to the collapse of the electricity system in many of these provinces. The pro-aggression government has failed to provide the necessary fuel to operate power plants and save citizens from the intense summer heat.