The Plight Of Prisoners In Yemen

YEMEN: Dozens Detained In Secret Dungeons -- L.A. Times

Fighting between official armed forces and rebels in Yemen was officially over this summer. But dozens of political prisoners remained locked up in Yemeni prisons without charge or trial with some even believed to be missing, an international human rights organization declared today.

According to a new report published today by the New York-based Human Rights Watch, security forces in this poor Arab country bordering Saudi Arabia have “systematically and unlawfully” jailed several hundred people, including journalists, during the four-year civil war with rebel forces in the northern parts of the country.

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