US EditionUN chief condemns Houthi detention of another 10 UN staff in Yemen
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for immediate release of 69 detained staff, warning these arrests hinder humanitarian aid to millions in Houthi-controlled northern Yemen.
- On Thursday, Yemen's Houthi group detained 10 UN staff in Sanaa, raising the total number held to 69, all Yemeni, Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
- The Houthis allege UN staff spied for the United States and Israel, charges the United Nations has dismissed, while a local security contact said arrests may widen beyond Sanaa, held by Houthis since late 2014.
- The UN added that 'some arrested employees have been transferred to a special Houthi court,' highlighting ongoing legal treatment concerns, Guterres said.
- Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, demanded the immediate unconditional release of detained staff as the UN moved its humanitarian coordinator from Sanaa to Aden and a local contact warned arrests may expand.
- Last month a Houthi court sentenced 17 people to death on spying charges, and Houthi courts have targeted NGOs and journalists, stepping up arrests since the Gaza war.
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