Independent UN experts urge Yemen’s Houthis to free detained Baha'i followers
Time:2024-05-21 06:37:41 Source:opinionsViews(143)
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.”
Previous:Adams, Reyna, Turner, Ream are US concerns ahead of Copa America
Next:Nadal returns to Roland Garros to practice amid doubts over fitness and form
You may also like
- Rangers are undefeated at .500 to keep World Series champs from a losing record with Bochy
- Xi Calls for Solid Efforts to Further Development of Central Region
- Chinese vice president addresses civilization and sinology forum
- Xiplomacy: China, Nauru Gathering Momentum for Growth of Ties
- NBA playoffs: Edwards leads Wolves to 98
- Xi sends congratulatory message to 37th AU Summit
- Legislation advances whole
- Xi replies to letter from Iowa's Muscatine High School students
- The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos