![epa05242647 Baha'i Faith members hold flowers during a protest against the trial of member of the Baha'i Faith Hamed Haydara, outside the state security court in Sana?a, Yemen, 03 April 2016. According to reports, Yemeni authorities have indicted Hamed Haydara, a Yemeni national who was detained in December 2013 accused of being a spy for Israel and converting Muslims to the Baha'i Faith. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB *** Local Caption *** 52682110](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/67SB55V2QOFORBTZ7FQBUWB45U.jpg?smart=true&auth=a58ca0e4d3174e3573aaceebbc6745af0c09053af033cf30e68acf3a34074f49&width=400&height=225)
Protesters during the trial of the Bahai leader Hamed bin Haydara, outside the state security court in Sanaa. EPA
Protesters during the trial of the Bahai leader Hamed bin Haydara, outside the state security court in Sanaa. EPA
US classing Houthis as religious persecutors not enough, say Yemeni activists
The designation this week puts the Yemen rebels on a list alongside ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, the Taliban and Somalia’s Al Shabab
Ali Mahmood
24 December, 2019