• Squash world No 1 Mohamed Elshorbagy of Egypt takes on eight time world champion Nicol David of Malaysia in an exhibition match in Burj Park Downtown Dubai. Warren Little / Getty Images
    Squash world No 1 Mohamed Elshorbagy of Egypt takes on eight time world champion Nicol David of Malaysia in an exhibition match in Burj Park Downtown Dubai. Warren Little / Getty Images
  • Ecuador’s Wilmer Contreras competes in the men’s 94kg weightlifting final of the South American Weightlifting Championship. It is a test event for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
    Ecuador’s Wilmer Contreras competes in the men’s 94kg weightlifting final of the South American Weightlifting Championship. It is a test event for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
  • Left to right, Gladiator Ramanus and Chasing Lane’s Firing Aces vie for the lead during the 22nd race of the Solitude-Race 2016 in Sachsenheim, Germany. Matthias Hangst / Bongarts/ Getty Images
    Left to right, Gladiator Ramanus and Chasing Lane’s Firing Aces vie for the lead during the 22nd race of the Solitude-Race 2016 in Sachsenheim, Germany. Matthias Hangst / Bongarts/ Getty Images
  • 149 people jump off a bridge in an attempt to set a “rope jumping” world record in Hortolandia, Brazil. Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
    149 people jump off a bridge in an attempt to set a “rope jumping” world record in Hortolandia, Brazil. Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
  • Geordan Speiller, left, tries to pin Mason Manville during their 75kg Greco-Roman match at the US Olympic wrestling trials in Iowa City, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo
    Geordan Speiller, left, tries to pin Mason Manville during their 75kg Greco-Roman match at the US Olympic wrestling trials in Iowa City, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo
  • Competitors take part in the 31st edition of the Marathon des Sables in the Sahara desert in southern Moroccan. Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFP Photo
    Competitors take part in the 31st edition of the Marathon des Sables in the Sahara desert in southern Moroccan. Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFP Photo
  • Lebanese powder their faces in vibrant colours as part of Beirut’s Car Free Day. Wael Hamzeh / EPA
    Lebanese powder their faces in vibrant colours as part of Beirut’s Car Free Day. Wael Hamzeh / EPA
  • Moto GP rider Marc Marquez during the 2016 Grand Prix of the Americas Moto GP in Austin, Texas. Thomas B Shea / AFP Photo
    Moto GP rider Marc Marquez during the 2016 Grand Prix of the Americas Moto GP in Austin, Texas. Thomas B Shea / AFP Photo

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Yemen's Bahais and the charges they often face

The Baha'i faith was made known in Yemen in the 19th century, first introduced by an Iranian man named Ali Muhammad Al Shirazi, considered the Herald of the Baha'i faith in 1844.

The Baha'i faith has had a growing number of followers in recent years despite persecution in Yemen and Iran. 

Today, some 2,000 Baha'is reside in Yemen, according to Insaf. 

"The 24 defendants represented by the House of Justice, which has intelligence outfits from the uS and the UK working to carry out an espionage scheme in Yemen under the guise of religion.. aimed to impant and found the Bahai sect on Yemeni soil by bringing foreign Bahais from abroad and homing them in Yemen," the charge sheet said. 

Baha'Ullah, the founder of the Bahai faith, was exiled by the Ottoman Empire in 1868 from Iran to what is now Israel. Now, the Bahai faith's highest governing body, known as the Universal House of Justice, is based in the Israeli city of Haifa, which the Bahais turn towards during prayer. 

The Houthis cite this as collective "evidence" of Bahai "links" to Israel - which the Houthis consider their enemy. 

 

hall of shame

SUNDERLAND 2002-03

No one has ended a Premier League season quite like Sunderland. They lost each of their final 15 games, taking no points after January. They ended up with 19 in total, sacking managers Peter Reid and Howard Wilkinson and losing 3-1 to Charlton when they scored three own goals in eight minutes.

SUNDERLAND 2005-06

Until Derby came along, Sunderland’s total of 15 points was the Premier League’s record low. They made it until May and their final home game before winning at the Stadium of Light while they lost a joint record 29 of their 38 league games.

HUDDERSFIELD 2018-19

Joined Derby as the only team to be relegated in March. No striker scored until January, while only two players got more assists than goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. The mid-season appointment Jan Siewert was to end his time as Huddersfield manager with a 5.3 per cent win rate.

ASTON VILLA 2015-16

Perhaps the most inexplicably bad season, considering they signed Idrissa Gueye and Adama Traore and still only got 17 points. Villa won their first league game, but none of the next 19. They ended an abominable campaign by taking one point from the last 39 available.

FULHAM 2018-19

Terrible in different ways. Fulham’s total of 26 points is not among the lowest ever but they contrived to get relegated after spending over £100 million (Dh457m) in the transfer market. Much of it went on defenders but they only kept two clean sheets in their first 33 games.

LA LIGA: Sporting Gijon, 13 points in 1997-98.

BUNDESLIGA: Tasmania Berlin, 10 points in 1965-66