Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi ( ar, يحيى بدر الدين الحوثي; born 1961) is the political leader of the
Zaidi rebels, known as the
Houthis, who are
fighting against the government of
Yemen. He is a brother of current Houthi leader
Abdul-Malik, late Houthi leader
Hussein, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Abdulkhalik, and Abdul-Karim.
al-Houthi cosigned a letter to the Yemeni government with
Abdullah al-Ruzami
Abdullah Eida al-Ruzami was the military leader of Zaidi rebels, known as the Houthis, who fought against the government of Yemen during the Houthi insurgency in Yemen. , the rebels' military leader, in May 2005 offering an end to the uprising if the government would send emissaries or ended the military campaign against the rebels. "But if injustice continues with killing, destroying, and imprisonment... then the trouble will not be solved, but will become more complicated and the gap will become even wider." He was a Yemeni lawmaker but was forced to flee to
Germany after the Yemeni government lifted his parliamentary immunity to try him for his involvement in the
Houthi rebellion
The Houthi insurgency in Yemen, also known as the Houthi rebellion, the Sa'dah War, or the Sa'dah conflict, was a rebellion, military rebellion pitting Zaidiyyah, Zaidi Shia Islam, Shia Houthis (though the movement also includes Sunni Islam, Sun ...
. He was then tried in absentia. On 5 February 2010, he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. He remained in Germany until he returned to Yemen in 2013.
When the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (SCMCHA) proposed a 2 percent tax on humanitarian aid, al-Houthi spoke out against SCMHCA chairman Ahmed Hamid, calling him and the organization "illegitimate" and criticizing how they handle international aid.
References
Yemeni Zaydis
Living people
Houthi members
1965 births
Members of the House of Representatives (Yemen)
People from Saada Governorate
Yemeni expatriates in Germany
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