Baha’i Man Sentenced to Public Execution in Yemen. His Crime? Practicing His Faith
The Wire - 14 January 2018
https://thewire.in/213536/bahai-man-sentenced-public-execution-yemen-crime-practicing-faith/
In December 2013, Hamed Kamal Muhammad bin Haydara disappeared into the maze that is Yemen’s National Security Bureau (NSB). Over the course of four years, he was tortured and denied a fair trial. His wife and daughters were not allowed to visit, nor did he get to meet legal counsel. Finally, on January 2, 2018, Haydara was sentenced to public execution by the specialised criminal court in Yemen’s capital Sana’a. He wasn’t even present in court.
Yemen: Rebel-run court sentences Baha’i man to death
Associated Press - 4 January 2018
https://www.apnews.com/dd19de254f5b49aa94a60f105044842f
SANAA, Yemen — A rebel-controlled Yemeni court has sentenced a local Baha’i man to death on charges of disseminating the beliefs of his faith and spying for Israel. - Associated Press
Houthi militias rule in favor of executing Baha’i detainee
Al-Arabiya - 2 January 2018
“Yemen's Baha'is face a 'pattern of persecution', warns Amnesty International”
The Telegraph – 6 May 2017
Campaigners have called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to stop a “pattern of persecution” against one of the war-torn country’s religious minorities, whose adherents they claim risk immediate arrest.