Yemeni Minister of Information Muammar Al-Eryani condemned “in the strongest terms what you are exposed to.” Actress and model Intisar Al Hammadi Forcibly hidden in the detention centers of the terrorist Houthi militia affiliated with Iran for a year, including psychological and physical torture, beatings, and forcible cutting of her hair, following fabricating malicious accusations once morest her and issuing illegal sentences to her imprisonment for 5 years.
Al-Eryani called on “artists, intellectuals, jurists and various cultural and artistic events in Yemen, the Arab world and the world, and human rights organizations and the defense of women’s issues, to stand in solidarity with the tragedy of Intisar Al-Hammadi and her family, and to pressure the Houthi militia to release her immediately in light of fears that she will commit suicide, following several failed attempts.” .
The Yemeni Minister of Information called on the international community, the United Nations, UN and American envoys and organizations concerned with women’s rights to condemn the crimes committed by the Houthi militia once morest Yemenis, from which women were not spared, and to put real pressure on the militia to release the artist, Intisar Al Hammadi, and hundreds of forcibly disappeared persons in their detention centers.
It is reported that Al Hammadi was kidnapped when she was on her way with her colleagues to a photo session on February 20 last year.
The artist, born to a Yemeni father and an Ethiopian mother, has been working as a model for 4 years, and has acted in two Yemeni TV series in 2020.
While members of her family previously confirmed to Human Rights Watch that she is the sole breadwinner for her family of 4, including her blind father and her brother who has a physical disability.
In May last year, Amnesty International reported that Al Hammadi had been forced to confess to several crimes, including drug possession and prostitution.
Human Rights Watch also confirmed that the Houthis forced her to sign a document while blindfolded during interrogation.
