Aden (Debriefer) - The Houthi group is changing the political conflict into a cultural one and tries to efface Yemen's identity and republican symbols, the official minister of human rights tweeted on Sunday.
"Identity swept is very perilous," Mohamed Askar added in response to Houthi decision to rename a public school, that had been named after a leader of 26 September Revolution.
"The Houthis try to replace the republican symbols with religious, sectarian ones," he said. "Unfortunately, this trend will absolutely change Yemen's conflict from political into a cultural one over identity."
The Houthi-run ministry of education decreed to rename the Sana'a-based 'Ali Abdul Moghni' 'Al-Hassan Bin Ali' school.
The decree was circulated by activists on social media.
