Human Rights Watch: Yemen: UAE Backs Abusive Local Forces
Resolve ‘Disappearances’, Grant Access to Detention Sites
The UAE supports Yemeni forces that have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, tortured, and abused dozens of people during security operations, Human Rights Watch said today. The UAE finances, arms, and trains these forces, which ostensibly are going after Yemeni branches of Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). The UAE also runs at least two informal detention facilities, and its officials appear to have ordered the continued detention of people despite release orders, and forcibly disappeared people, including reportedly moving high-profile detainees outside the country.
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Beatings and ‘the grill’: Reports allege torture in secret prisons run by United Arab Emirates in Yemen -- Washington Post
In Yemen’s secret prisons, UAE tortures and US interrogates -- AP
UAE runs 'informal prisons' in Yemen: HRW -- AFP
HRW: UAE backs torture and disappearances in Yemen -- Al Jazeera
Human Rights: Yemen Violated International Law By Torturing Detainees, And The US Knew About it -- Newsweek
UAE has secret torture prisons in Yemen, US involved in interrogations – AP -- RT
Beatings and ‘the grill’: Reports allege torture in secret prisons run by United Arab Emirates in Yemen -- Washington Post
In Yemen’s secret prisons, UAE tortures and US interrogates -- AP
UAE runs 'informal prisons' in Yemen: HRW -- AFP
HRW: UAE backs torture and disappearances in Yemen -- Al Jazeera
Human Rights: Yemen Violated International Law By Torturing Detainees, And The US Knew About it -- Newsweek
UAE has secret torture prisons in Yemen, US involved in interrogations – AP -- RT
