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UN chief calls on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to free all UN detainees
The U.N. chief condemned fabricated espionage charges and called for immediate release of 59 Yemeni U.N. staff detained under harsh conditions by Houthi rebels.
- The United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres, urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to stop prosecuting detained U.N. personnel and to release all detained staff immediately.
- Currently, 59 U.N. personnel, all Yemeni nationals, are detained by the Houthis, in addition to others from foreign agencies, as reported by U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
- U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk condemned the referral of a detained colleague to a criminal court and described the charges as fabricated, stating that this is a grave human rights violation.
- Dujarric stated that some detainees have been held incommunicado for years and have suffered mistreatment and intolerable conditions, indicating ongoing concerns about their treatment.
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The New ArabUN chief calls on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to free all UN detainees
The United Nations chief is calling on Yemen’s Houthi rebels not to prosecute detained U.N. personnel and to work “in good faith” to immediately release all detained staff from the...
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UN chief calls on Yemen's Houthi rebels to free all UN detainees
The United Nations chief is calling on Yemen’s Houthi rebels not to prosecute detained U.N. personnel and to work “in good faith” to immediately release all detained staff from the U.N. and foreign agencies and missions.
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