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UN, NGOs express concern over staff detained by Houthis for alleged ‘US-Israeli spy network’
2024-10-13
[IsraelTimes] UN agencies and NGOs express "grave concern" over the referral for criminal prosecution of a large number of their staff who have been "arbitrarily detained" by Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels, and renew calls for their immediate release.

The Iran-backed Houthis have detained dozens of staff from UN and other humanitarian organizations, most of them since June, claiming they are members of a "US-Israeli spy network," a charge the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
denies.

"We are extremely concerned about the reported referral to ’criminal prosecution’ by the Huthi de facto authorities of a significant number of arbitrarily detained colleagues," says a statement signed by principals of affected UN entities and international NGOs.

The Houthi authorities have not issued any announcement in this regard.

The signatories of the statement included WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNESCO head Audrey Azoulay, UN human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
chief Volker Turk and Oxfam International executive director Amitabh Behar.

The Houthis have kidnapped, arbitrarily detained and tortured hundreds of civilians, including UN and NGO workers, since the start of Yemen’s civil war in 2014, according to rights groups.

In June, the Houthis detained 13 UN personnel, including six employees of the Human Rights Office, and more than 50 NGO staff plus an embassy staff member.

The Houthis claimed they had arrested "an American-Israeli spy network" operating under the cover of humanitarian organizations — allegations emphatically rejected by the UN Human Rights Office.

Two other UN human rights staff had already been detained since November 2021 and August 2023 respectively. They are all being held incommunicado.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Why can't the UN petition China to persuade the Houthis to let their people go?
Posted by: Shuper Clairt5942   2024-10-13 20:43  

#1  Even Houthis can do something right.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-13 05:40  

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