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.
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A woman carries her child inside a school building for displaced Yemenis who fled fighting between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government forces, in the town of al-Turba in Taiz governorate on Feb. 4, 2021. Taiz has long been an area of conflict in Yemen's war. - AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP via Getty Images
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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.

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