Militias shut down a factory and shops, and break into a media establishment in Sanaa

Targeting Sanaa merchants against the backdrop of implementing the militia leader’s instructions regarding zakat.

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The Houthi militia closed the "Shamlan Factory", the second best mineral water factory in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and fired its workers, against the backdrop of implementing the instructions of its leader regarding zakat.

Commercial sources stated that the militias stormed and closed the "Shamlan Factory", and a number of companies and shops in Sana'a, against the background of their demand for their accounting systems, to know the size of their capital to impose zakat on it, despite those parties paying all the money owed for zakat, according to the law in force since The regime of the former Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Among the stores that were stormed and closed, the "City Max" mall on the Southern 60th Street, bringing the number of shops and commercial centers that were closed to 600 stores.

On the other hand, the militias stormed the "Yemen Digital Media" media company, and prevented employees from practicing their work, confiscated the company and appointed a director from among its members, and imposed a special guard on it while confiscating its contents, on charges of communicating with a foreign country, according to the Media Freedom Monitor, pointing out that The militias are using the courts under their control to implement their agenda, as the storming came to implement a court order alleging that the company was accused of "committing crimes against state security and communicating with a foreign country."

The observatory condemned "this flagrant violation of freedom of opinion and expression, which is guaranteed by the constitution and international laws and charters," considering this behavior "behavior that lacks any legal justification."

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