The "morality police" affiliated with the Houthis in the northwestern Yemeni province of Amran have arrested three popular artists on charges of committing the "crime of singing" at a wedding hall. According to Yemeni sources, elements associated with Houthi leader Naif Abu Khurshafa, appointed as the province's police director, stormed a wedding hall in the city of Amran yesterday, Friday, and abducted the three artists. The detainees are artists Hashim Al-Sharafi and Muhammad Al-Duhaimi, along with music distributor Mabrouk Al-Duhaimi, who have been taken to a prison run by the Houthi group. This is not the first time wedding halls in Houthi-controlled areas have been raided, as they prohibit singing at such events and demand the playing of sectarian and jihadist anthems that glorify the group and fighting.
Title: Houthis Arrest 3 Artists
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