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.”
Adams, Reyna, Turner, Ream are US concerns ahead of Copa America
Brooks Nader's ex Billy Haire is already on dating app Bumble days after divorce news
Charli XCX puts on busty display in VERY low
Former aide and consultant close to U.S. Rep. Cuellar plead guilty and agree to aid investigation
Amtrak train hits pickup truck in upstate New York, 3 dead including child
Brooks Nader's ex Billy Haire is already on dating app Bumble days after divorce news
Inside Instagram 'bully' Katherine Asplundh's extravagant wedding to billionaire husband
Senate scrambles to pass bill improving air safety and service for travelers
Ikea recreates Doja Cat's avant
Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are returning to reality TV! Stars are teaming up for a new show