Parisa Fitz-Henley Instagram – Asking for prayers please for the protection of these souls in Yemen — the Baha’is w/whom I share a Faith, and all Yemenis who deserve to practice any Faith in freedom. 😞🙏 Image description: Slide 1 – armed Houthis in combat uniforms carrying military assault style rifles accost Baha’is who hold their hands in the air. Slide 2 – The group of Baha’is before the assault. The women on one side of the room in all black veils w/some faces covered (a Houthi requirement, not a Bahá’i practice) and the men on the other sides in western attire. REPOST via @bahaiworldnewsservice 👇👇👇 Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Bahá’ís in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25 May, detaining and forcibly disappearing at least 17 people, including five women. The raid leaves the Yemeni Bahá’ís reeling from the latest blow to a severely persecuted religious community in that country. The Bahá’í International Community (BIC) calls for the immediate release of those detained. A video of the latest attack was captured by Bahá’ís joining the gathering via Zoom. “Across the Arab region we see governments striving to work toward peace, to set aside outdated social differences, promote peaceful coexistence, and to look to the future,” said Bani Dugal, the BIC’s Principal Representative to the United Nations. “But in Sanaa the de facto Houthi authorities are headed in the opposite direction, doubling down on the persecution of religious minorities, and staging brazen armed raids against peaceful and unarmed civilians. The Houthis have violated the human rights of Bahá’ís and many others, time and again, and it must stop.” Two of those arrested were a young married couple with an 18-month-old child. At the time of the arrests the child was being cared for by his grandparents and is now separated from his parents. Full story on: BWNS.org/story/1671/ Link in bio @bahaiworldnewsservice #Bahai #News #Yemen