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Civil society groups warn that the Houthi movement is forcing children to fight on Yemen's battlefields, a long-standing concern documented by human rights monitors during the country's decade-long war. Yemeni civil society organisations are renewing calls for accountability and international attention to child recruitment as fighting continues across the country.

Protests in Delhi have intensified against the chief election commissioner over decisions concerning voter roll revisions, with opposition parties and civil society groups accusing the election body of threatening voter rights. Demonstrators are demanding transparency in how electoral rolls are updated, while officials maintain the process is routine and intended to remove ineligible entries ahead of future polls.

Spain has now gone 1,000 days without an approved national budget, with critics calling the prolonged absence of fresh spending plans 'a theft from citizens'. The deadlock stems from political fragmentation in parliament, leaving public finances running on old spending rules and delaying investment priorities. Opposition parties and civil society groups are voicing frustration over the impasse.