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Belgians, Ebraheem Bali and Ezz-Adeen Tuhairi, in a prison of the Political Security, a spokeswoman of the Belgian Foreign Affairs Ministry told an Online Marib Press newspaper.
She said that they are suffering of severe fatigue after they were put in cells that are exposed to light around the clock, pointing out that the Yemeni authorities allowed to visit the detainees only one time.
She said that no charges were the Yemeni government did not make any charges against the detainees or refer them to justice, urging the government to apply Yemen's laws and ensure a fair trial to the detainees or deport them to their home.
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group, Hood, had criticized the imprisonment conditions of the Belgian arrestees, accusing the Political Security of torturing them.
Hood had said that the seizure of the two Belgians contradicts the Yemeni laws that provide the arrestees must be referred to prosecutions during 24 hours, indicating that Bali and Tuhairi were tossed in the clink
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on April 4 in Sana'a International Airport.
Hood sent a letter to Yemen's Attorney General, stressing that this seizure violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the article 48 of the Yemeni Constitution, stressing that this arrest is a breach punishable by Yemen's penal laws
It further demanded the Attorney General to swiftly order the prosecution to visit their prison, and release them or refer them to specialized courts, asking to hold those persons responsible for this illegal seizure accountable.