Prisoners’ Affairs Committee hands over 64 children to Social Affairs Ministry

SANAA, Jan. 27 (YPA) – The National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs handed over on Monday to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor 64 children whom recruited by the coalition aggression and captured by the Yemen army  in a “victory from God” operation on the Yemeni-Saudi border during the past year.

At the handover ceremony, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Human Rights, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Obaid Salem bin Dabea ‘, affirmed that the children who were handed over from the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs had been deceived by the coalition aggression to fight in its ranks.

Bin Dabea said, “These children will be dealt with in accordance with the laws, regulations, treaties and agreements on the rights of the child, and they will be rehabilitated psychologically, healthily, educationally, and reintegrated into society by providing all means of care and attention to them.”

Minister of Human Rights, Radhia Abdullah, confirmed at the ceremony the attention of the Supreme Political Council and the Salvation Government to children’s rights and not to be subjected to violations and provide care for these children.

“These children will not be treated as prisoners of war because they are the children of Yemen and have been deceived by the aggression as a result of known economic and social conditions and circumstances, and they will incite all care and attention until handing them over to their families,” Radhia said.

Minister Radhia Abdullah stressed that the government represented by the Ministry of Defense is committed to not allowing the recruitment or use of children in wars, and attaches great importance to this issue and absolutely rejects the exploitation of children as the mercenaries of aggression do.

She pointed out that the Ministry of Human Rights will work with all local and international organizations to give the children their full rights.

For his part, the head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs Abdul-Qadir Al-Murtada explained that the committee had previously announced that among the prisoners of the “victory from God” operation, dozens of children were drawn from the aggression in the battles, taking advantage of their difficult living conditions.

Al-Murtada added, “Today 64 children will be handed over to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to play its role in depositing them in one of the ministry’s care centers and rehabilitating them and then returning them to their families under the supervision and care of UNICEF, stressing that child victims who were captured on the fronts of the forces of aggression, especially the frontiers, were recruited to protect Saudi Arabia.

Al-Murtada stressed the government’s keenness to commit to protecting children who were recruited by the forces of aggression and its mercenaries.

The Chairman of the Prisoners ‘Affairs Committee considered the aggressive forces’ The Chairman of the Prisoners ‘Affairs Committee considered the aggressive forces’ promotion of recruiting the Salvation Government to children as false and a lie aimed at covering up coalition crimes.

For his part, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor for the Development Sector, Yahya Qarawash, affirmed that the Ministry, in cooperation with UNICEF, will provide these children with all forms of care and attention in the Child Care Center, in a way that guarantees their psychological and educational rehabilitation and their integration into society.