Experts and human rights activists warned during a symposium in The Hague, Holland, of the expansion of the recruitment of children by the Houthi militia and their ideological mobilization, against the background of estimates presented by the professor of political sociology at Sana'a University, Dr. Abdul Baki Shamsan, that the number of children included in the recruitment, more than 0,200 children and school centers. The participants emphasized that the danger of these practices goes beyond throwing children to the front of the battle to reshaping their awareness and belonging and undermining the foundations of citizenship and the state. They called for European action that goes from condemnation to documenting evidence, exercising responsibility and exerting political and diplomatic pressure on the group's leaders, at the same time as long-term programs for the protection of children, their psychological and social rehabilitation, their return to education and their integration into society. More details.

Experts and human rights activists warned during a symposium in The Hague, Holland, of the expansion of the recruitment of children by the Houthi militia and their ideological mobilization, against the background of estimates presented by the professor of political sociology at Sana'a University, Dr. Abdul Baki Shamsan, that the number of children included in the recruitment, more than 0,200 children and school centers. The participants emphasized that the danger of these practices goes beyond throwing children to the front of the battle to reshaping their awareness and belonging and undermining the foundations of citizenship and the state. They called for European action that goes from condemnation to documenting evidence, exercising responsibility and exerting political and diplomatic pressure on the group's leaders, at the same time as long-term programs for the protection of children, their psychological and social rehabilitation, their return to education and their integration into society. More details.