On Saturday, local authorities of the city of Ma’rib, affiliated with the Islah Party, refused to release a Yemeni man who was accompanying the Omani traveler Harith Al-Sherieqi, who was released earlier.
“The Yemeni resident who lived in the Sultanate of Oman for years, Hamza al-Odaini, is still detained in Ma’rib despite the release of his Omani comrade Harith al-Shereiqi,” the Southern leader Adel al-Hasani said in a post on his account.
Al-Hasani called on Islah to release al-Odaini like al-Shereiqi, noting that he has children and a family waiting for him.
He added: “Al-Odaini is an unarmed civilian, who did not commit a crime or harm anyone.”
Al-Hassani concluded his tweet by saying: “Shame on you.”
Last weekend, the Islah factions freed the Omani traveler days after his arrest. He was arrested following his arrival in the city, coming from Sana’a accompanied by a Yemeni man.
The Omani was freed through a mediation led by the ambassador in Muscat during which a ransom was paid