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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
World
Aden - Mohammed Nasser

HISTORICAL FACTS: Houthis suppress artists maintain hate culture - Caught on Camera

Houthi militants ride on the back of a patrol truck as they secure the site of a pro-Houthi tribal gathering in a rural area near Sanaa, Yemen July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Houthis do not allow any concerts, theater, and television series to be aired in areas under their control. Instead, they use billions of Yemeni riyals to recruit children and pay monthly salaries to the poor if they agree to join the battlefronts, a Yemeni actor said.

The actor, who preferred not to be named because he still resides in Sanaa, said that artists, whether actors or performers are living under restrictions.

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