CAIRO (AP) — Human rights experts working for the United Nations on Monday urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to release five people from the country’s Baha’i religious minority who have been in detention for a year.
The five are among 17 Baha’i followers detained last May when the Houthis raided a Baha’i gathering in the capital of Sanaa. The experts said in a statement that 12 have since been released “under very strict conditions” but that five remain “detained in difficult circumstances.”
There have long been concerns about the treatment of the members of the Baha’i minority at the hands of the Yemeni rebels, known as Houthis, who have ruled much of the impoverished Arab country’s north and the capital, Sanaa, since the civil war started in 2014.
The experts said they “urge the de facto authorities to release” the five remaining detainees, warning they were at “serious risk of torture and other human rights violations, including acts tantamount to enforced disappearance.”
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Elizabeth Hurley, 58, is effortlessly radiant in a figureSarah Paulson names actress who sent her SIX pages of notes following OffTalor Gooch sees his PGA Championship invitation as evidence sanity may prevail in LIV/PGA splitCurran's allKroos criticizes match officials for offside call in BayernAngela Bassett pays tribute to 9Iraq calls for ending UN assistance mission by end of 2025Netflix will carry live NFL games on Christmas Day for 3 years, including 2 this seasonAmanda Bynes flaunts tummy in selfie as her former All That coRory McIlroy says PGA Tour is 'worse off' without Jimmy Dunne on board
2.7739s , 5457.75 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Independent UN experts urge Yemen’s Houthis to free detained Baha'i followers ,Cosmic Chronicle news portal