Prisoners in Yemen say they are being subjected to mass sexual abuse from Emirati officers
6 years, 6 months ago

Prisoners in Yemen say they are being subjected to mass sexual abuse from Emirati officers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prisoners in Yemen, who are being held without trial, have said they are being subjected to mass sexual abuse from Emirati officers. The UAE is a key US ally and despite well-documented reports of torture, human rights groups and even the United Nations, Marine Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman, said the US had seen no evidence of detainee abuse in Yemen. Saudi-led coalition forces, including the United States, must work with the UN to urgently investigate these allegations, as any form of torture or sexual abuse of prisoners is a clear violation of international law.

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U.S. transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen after more than two decades without charge
1 week, 2 days ago

U.S. transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen after more than two decades without charge

The Hindu  

The Pentagon said on Monday that it had transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That's the fewest since 2002, when President George W. Bush's administration turned Guantanamo into a detention site for the mostly Muslim men taken into custody …

US transfers 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman
1 week, 2 days ago

US transfers 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights in the US. The United States has transferred 11 Yemeni detainees from its notorious Guantanamo Bay detention centre to Oman after holding them for more than two decades without charge as part of Washington’s so-called “war on terror”. “The United States appreciates the …

Israel subjecting Palestinian detainees to torture and abuse: UN report
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel subjecting Palestinian detainees to torture and abuse: UN report

Al Jazeera  

The report says ‘thousands’ of Palestinians detained arbitrarily by Israel during the war in Gaza. Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians during the war in Gaza and stands accused of numerous cases of torture, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says in a new report. Based primarily on interviews with released detainees and other victims …

Saudi-led coalition releases additional Yemen war prisoners
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi-led coalition releases additional Yemen war prisoners

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi-led military coalition on Monday freed 104 more prisoners captured in Yemen’s war, a unilateral release that followed an organized prisoner swap amid renewed diplomatic efforts to halt the conflict. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it flew two flights carrying a total of 96 released detainees from Saudi Arabia’s Abha International …

Human Rights Watch says over 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE
1 year, 10 months ago

Human Rights Watch says over 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE

Firstpost  

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Human Rights Watch accused the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday of arbitrarily detaining at least 2,400 Afghan asylum seekers in “miserable” accommodation for more than a year, pending resettlement elsewhere. The rights group said that between 2,400 and 2,700 Afghans evacuated to the UAE following the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021 remain “arbitrarily detained” …

Torture leaves Bahrain inmates with long-lasting ‘wounds’: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Torture leaves Bahrain inmates with long-lasting ‘wounds’: Report

Al Jazeera  

Political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Bahrain are suffering from the long-term effects of torture and other alleged violations experienced during their arrest, interrogation and imprisonment, according to a new report. The non-profit Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain said on Monday it had found through interviews and medical reports that many victims were unable to resume …

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia
2 years, 10 months ago

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Guantanamo Bay detainee …

UN, US sanction Libyan official over human trafficking
3 years, 2 months ago

UN, US sanction Libyan official over human trafficking

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The United Nations Security Council and the United States have imposed sanctions on a Libyan official over the alleged abuse and torture of migrants in a detention center. The Security Council and the U.S. said in separate statements late Tuesday that Osama al-Kuni is the de facto head of a detention center in the North African nation’s west. …

‘A major setback’: UN ends Yemen war crimes probe
3 years, 3 months ago

‘A major setback’: UN ends Yemen war crimes probe

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups criticise the move with Dutch ambassador Peter Bekker saying the Council ‘has failed the people of Yemen’. The UN Human Rights Council voted to end the mandate of experts investigating war crimes in Yemen in a blow to Western nations who wanted the probe to continue. The Human Rights Council in 2017 agreed to send a group of …

Women activists, political prisoners ‘sexually assaulted, tortured and executed in Saudi Arabia’ jails
4 years, 1 month ago

Women activists, political prisoners ‘sexually assaulted, tortured and executed in Saudi Arabia’ jails

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jailed women’s rights activists and political prisoners have been sexually assaulted, tortured …

UAE to send former Guantanamo detainees to Yemen, after promising to reintegrate them back into Muslim society
4 years, 2 months ago

UAE to send former Guantanamo detainees to Yemen, after promising to reintegrate them back into Muslim society

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The family of one detainee, Salem, said: “We fear they will be …

Sent from Gitmo to UAE, detainees fear final stop: Yemen
4 years, 2 months ago

Sent from Gitmo to UAE, detainees fear final stop: Yemen

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She told the AP that after documenting the lives …

Women who dare dissent targeted for abuse by Yemen’s rebels
4 years, 8 months ago

Women who dare dissent targeted for abuse by Yemen’s rebels

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Samera al-Huri’s fellow activists were disappearing, one by one. “This is the darkest age for Yemeni women,” said Rasha Jarhum, founder of the Peace Track Initiative, which lobbies for women’s inclusion in peace talks between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognized government. Al-Huri said when she rejected a Houthi official’s request to snitch on other activists, she was …

Britain, US and Turkey asked to arrest UAE officials over ‘war crimes’ in Yemen
4 years, 11 months ago

Britain, US and Turkey asked to arrest UAE officials over ‘war crimes’ in Yemen

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A British law firm filed …

US, France, Britain may be complicit in Yemen war crimes: UN
5 years, 4 months ago

US, France, Britain may be complicit in Yemen war crimes: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN investigators have also compiled secret list of 160 ‘main actors’ among Saudi, Emirati and Yemeni top brass. A UN panel announced on Tuesday that investigators compiled a secret list of possible international war crimes suspects, drawn from their latest report into violations during the four-year conflict between a coalition of Arab states and the Houthi movement that controls Yemen’s …

Saudi leaders may be responsible for activists’ torture: UK MPs
5 years, 11 months ago

Saudi leaders may be responsible for activists’ torture: UK MPs

Al Jazeera  

They say the ‘highest Saudi authorities’ may be implicated in what is likely a violation of international law. Three British politicians have endorsed reports stating that women activists detained in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, and said responsibility for what is likely a violation of international law could lie with “Saudi authorities at the highest level”. The conclusions of the …

Women detainees 'being sexually assaulted and flogged' in secret Saudi prisons
5 years, 11 months ago

Women detainees 'being sexually assaulted and flogged' in secret Saudi prisons

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Female rights activists in Saudi …

Houthis illegally detaining, torturing women: Yemeni activists
5 years, 11 months ago

Houthis illegally detaining, torturing women: Yemeni activists

Al Jazeera  

Sanaa-based monitor says Houthi rebels are holding dozens of women without trial and often torturing the detainees. Yemen’s Houthi rebels are holding dozens of women without trial and often torturing the detainees and blackmailing their families, activists and a human rights lawyer have told the Associated Press news agency. The group’s founder, Nabil Fadel, said he had received information from …

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia
6 years, 1 month ago

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Hana Al-Khamri is a writer and analyst based in Sweden. On November 20, Amnesty International published a report detailing how Saudi women’s rights activists, arbitrarily arrested in a government crackdown earlier this year, have faced sexual harassment and torture during their interrogation. This is why Saudi women’s rights movements, which for the most part demand reform within the existing political …

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia
6 years, 1 month ago

Torture, reform and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Hana Al-Khamri is a writer and analyst based in Sweden. On November 20, Amnesty International published a report detailing how Saudi women’s rights activists, arbitrarily arrested in a government crackdown earlier this year, have faced sexual harassment and torture during their interrogation. This is why Saudi women’s rights movements, which for the most part demand reform within the existing political …

Is sexual abuse used as a weapon to silence women?
6 years, 1 month ago

Is sexual abuse used as a weapon to silence women?

Al Jazeera  

New reports allege female activists are tortured and abused in Saudi jails. Rights groups say women’s rights activists are subjected to appalling treatment in prisons in Saudi Arabia, including being flogged, electrocuted and sexually harassed. But reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch suggest that anyone speaking out was at a risk of being locked up and abused. Is …

Saudi Arabia tortured activists including women, rights groups claim
6 years, 1 month ago

Saudi Arabia tortured activists including women, rights groups claim

CNN  

CNN — Saudi Arabia has tortured, sexually harassed and mistreated several human rights activists detained since May this year, including women, two leading international rights groups have alleged. In a separate but strikingly similar statement, citing “informed sources,” Human Rights Watch claimed interrogators had tortured at least three of the Saudi women activists detained at the beginning of May. “Only …

Amnesty says Saudi activists beaten, tortured in detention
6 years, 1 month ago

Amnesty says Saudi activists beaten, tortured in detention

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since May, including a number of women who campaigned for the right to drive, have been beaten and tortured during interrogation, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Saudi Arabia has detained at least 10 women and seven men on vague national security allegations related to their human rights work. “Only a …

Arrested Saudi activists tortured, sexually harassed: Amnesty
6 years, 1 month ago

Arrested Saudi activists tortured, sexually harassed: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Rights group says activists arrested by Saudi Arabia this year faced sexual harassment and torture. Saudi activists, including women, arrested in a government crackdown this year have faced sexual harassment and torture during interrogation, Amnesty International said. The international community must put pressure on Saudi to immediately and unconditionally release all those jailed for peacefully exercising their human rights — …

Saudi accused of impeding UN-backed war crimes probe in Yemen
6 years, 3 months ago

Saudi accused of impeding UN-backed war crimes probe in Yemen

Al Jazeera  

The Saudi-led military coalition has been accused of bombing multiple civilian targets, including hospitals. Saudi Arabia has been accused of attempting to shut down a UN-backed war crimes investigation in Yemen where thousands of civilians have died in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Human Rights Watch on Friday said Saudi Arabia was making a “blatant attempt to avoid scrutiny” of …

U.N. Experts: Some Saudi-Led Airstrikes In Yemen Could Be War Crimes
6 years, 4 months ago

U.N. Experts: Some Saudi-Led Airstrikes In Yemen Could Be War Crimes

NPR  

Experts: Some Saudi-Led Airstrikes In Yemen Could Be War Crimes Enlarge this image toggle caption Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP/Getty Images Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP/Getty Images U.N. human rights experts say that the Saudi-led, Western-backed coalition fighting in Yemen may have committed war crimes by conducting indiscriminate airstrikes on civilians. In a report for the United Nations Human Rights Council, the experts also detailed incidents …

UN: Suspected war crimes in Yemen committed by all sides
6 years, 4 months ago

UN: Suspected war crimes in Yemen committed by all sides

Al Jazeera  

Investigators say all parties involved in the bloody war may be responsible for human rights violations in Yemen. All sides in Yemen’s bloody conflict may have committed war crimes involving deadly air strikes, rampant sexual violence, and the recruitment of child soldiers, the United Nations said on Tuesday. A team of UN-mandated investigators said in a report it had “reasonable …

Report: Mass torture in network of UAE-run prisons in south Yemen
6 years, 5 months ago

Report: Mass torture in network of UAE-run prisons in south Yemen

Al Jazeera  

A report obtained by Al Jazeera reveals the existence of 27 sites used to torture and sexually abuse Yemeni detainees. A report obtained by Al Jazeera alleges that detainees in a network of clandestine prisons set up by the United Arab Emirates across southern Yemen have been exposed to a host of brutal interrogation techniques that included physical and psychological …

Yemen conflict: Amnesty calls for war crimes investigation into UAE-run prisons
6 years, 6 months ago

Yemen conflict: Amnesty calls for war crimes investigation into UAE-run prisons

The Independent  

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Yemen detainees free days after AP report on UAE-run prisons
6 years, 6 months ago

Yemen detainees free days after AP report on UAE-run prisons

Associated Press  

CAIRO — With hugs and kisses, family and friends of a Yemeni actor celebrated after he and at least three other detainees were freed after being held for nearly a year without charge in prisons that Associated Press reporting has shown to be controlled by the United Arab Emirates. But Yemeni Interior Minister Ahmed al-Maysari has said he has no …

Sexual abuses rampant in UAE-controlled prisons in Yemen
6 years, 6 months ago

Sexual abuses rampant in UAE-controlled prisons in Yemen

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The torturers followed a schedule. From inside a Yemeni prison controlled by the United Arab Emirates — a top U.S. ally — a Yemeni detainee held without charges chronicled torture and sexual abuses through drawings. Of five prisons where the AP found sexual torture, four are in Aden, according to three Yemeni security and military officials who spoke …

Yemeni prisoners say Emirati officers sexually torture them
6 years, 6 months ago

Yemeni prisoners say Emirati officers sexually torture them

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The 15 officers who arrived at the prison in southern Yemen hid their faces behind headdresses, but their accents were clearly foreign — from the United Arab Emirates. Still, he called the allegations “disturbing” and said, “The United States take all allegations of abuse seriously, although we have no substantiating information at this time.” U.S. officials have acknowledged …

Detainees held without charges decry Emiratis’ sexual abuses
6 years, 6 months ago

Detainees held without charges decry Emiratis’ sexual abuses

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The 15 officers who arrived at the prison in southern Yemen hid their faces behind headdresses, but their accents were clearly foreign — from the United Arab Emirates. Still, he called the allegations “disturbing” and said, “The United States take all allegations of abuse seriously, although we have no substantiating information at this time.” U.S. officials have acknowledged …

Yemeni prisoners say UAE officers sexually torture them: AP
6 years, 6 months ago

Yemeni prisoners say UAE officers sexually torture them: AP

Al Jazeera  

The 15 officers who arrived at the prison in southern Yemen hid their faces behind head dresses, but their accents were clearly foreign – from the United Arab Emirates. Of the five prisons where the AP found sexual torture, four are in Aden, according to three Yemeni security and military officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity …

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