The Houthi-hijacked .YE domain isn't just about websites. It's a weaponized tool used to control Yemen's health sector.
This system of digital capture enables corruption and mismanagement with lethal outcomes. The cost is measured in Yemeni lives🩸🧵
#FreeDotYE
This system of digital capture enables corruption and mismanagement with lethal outcomes. The cost is measured in Yemeni lives🩸🧵
#FreeDotYE
The instruments of this capture are official state domains, now under militia authority.
Houthi-controlled health domains:
- Ministry of Health: moh[.gov.ye]
- Supreme Board of Drugs and Medical Appliances: sbdma[.gov.ye] & sbd-ye[.org]
- Supreme Medical Council: ysmc[.gov.ye]
These operate as extensions of the Houthi militia, not neutral public institutions.
Houthi-controlled health domains:
- Ministry of Health: moh[.gov.ye]
- Supreme Board of Drugs and Medical Appliances: sbdma[.gov.ye] & sbd-ye[.org]
- Supreme Medical Council: ysmc[.gov.ye]
These operate as extensions of the Houthi militia, not neutral public institutions.
Meanwhile, Yemen's actual health authorities are digital exiles, forced onto non-governmental domains:
- Legitimate Ministry of Health: moh-ye[.org]
- The Supreme Board of Drugs and Medical Appliances: ysbda[.com]
- Supreme Medical Council: smc-ye[.org]
This split forces parallel systems, undermining legitimate authorities' digital sovereignty.
- Legitimate Ministry of Health: moh-ye[.org]
- The Supreme Board of Drugs and Medical Appliances: ysbda[.com]
- Supreme Medical Council: smc-ye[.org]
This split forces parallel systems, undermining legitimate authorities' digital sovereignty.
This digital capture has deadly consequences.
In Oct 2022, at least 10 children with leukemia died at Kuwait Hospital in Sana’a after receiving expired chemotherapy drugs. Dozens more fell ill. Oversight failures traced to Houthi-run agencies like moh[.gov.ye] and sbdma[.gov.ye]. Calls for investigation remain unanswered.
In Oct 2022, at least 10 children with leukemia died at Kuwait Hospital in Sana’a after receiving expired chemotherapy drugs. Dozens more fell ill. Oversight failures traced to Houthi-run agencies like moh[.gov.ye] and sbdma[.gov.ye]. Calls for investigation remain unanswered.
The deception is international.
In February 2025, Jordan signed then immediately canceled a pharmaceutical cooperation MoU with Houthis "Supreme Board for Drugs" (sbdma[.gov.ye]), after discovering it was Houthi-led and impersonating Yemen's legitimate authority. The Yemeni embassy confirmed the reversal due to the fraud.
In February 2025, Jordan signed then immediately canceled a pharmaceutical cooperation MoU with Houthis "Supreme Board for Drugs" (sbdma[.gov.ye]), after discovering it was Houthi-led and impersonating Yemen's legitimate authority. The Yemeni embassy confirmed the reversal due to the fraud.
The pattern is undeniable:
- Hijack state institutions & their .ye domains.
- Turn critical sectors like health into revenue streams.
- Use the veneer of digital legitimacy to deceive the world.
The same militia responsible for censorship online is complicit in deaths offline.
- Hijack state institutions & their .ye domains.
- Turn critical sectors like health into revenue streams.
- Use the veneer of digital legitimacy to deceive the world.
The same militia responsible for censorship online is complicit in deaths offline.
.YE is not just technical. it's a tool for Houthis to feign statehood, exploit aid, and endanger lives in health and beyond.
ICANN/IANA's inaction since 2015 redelegation pleas equals enabling this hijack.
Redelegation must happen.
More:
#FreeTheDotYEfreethedotye.org
ICANN/IANA's inaction since 2015 redelegation pleas equals enabling this hijack.
Redelegation must happen.
More:
#FreeTheDotYEfreethedotye.org
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