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AL-MUKALLA: Yemen's Houthi militias have rejected a call by Abdul Wahab Qatran, an outspoken legal activist released from prison, to fly overseas for medical treatment.

Mohammed, the Qatari son, told Arab News on Monday that the Houthis denied his father's plea to fly to Egypt to seek medical treatment for an illness he developed in prison.

The Houthis released Judge Qatran from prison in June after six months in a security and intelligence facility on charges of spreading false information about their militias and their commanders, inciting people against them and accusing Houthi leaders of corruption.

Mohammed said his father urgently needed medical attention for blood pressure, skin and eye problems.

After his release, Qatran accused the Houthis of forcibly detaining him in the Security and Intelligence Prison in Sanaa, looting his house, papers and supplies, and denying him medical care, clean water and enough food, circumstances that caused him to develop a skin disease.

In a post on his new Facebook page this week, Qatran said he was informed by a doctor in Sanaa that he was most likely suffering from scabies after he developed extreme itching and red spots on his skin after washing in the dark and rusty waters of the Houthi detention facility. .

“After half a year in their cells, my property was stolen and my rights were taken away, I was left with only this Facebook profile and I had scabies!” Qatran stated on Facebook.

Qatran's post drew hundreds of reactions from Yemenis who sympathized with him, wished him a speedy recovery and urged the Houthis to allow him to seek better treatment abroad.

Qatran also released a 14-page report by Houthi investigators on Sunday that accused him of more than 40 charges, including soliciting the public to rebel against the militias, accusing the Houthis of enrichment and corruption, expressing sympathy for Yemeni activists abused by the Houthis and sharing Facebook. posts by critics of the Houthis, criticizing the Houthis for attacks on ships in the Red Sea, praying for former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and expressing support.

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