Call for immediate release of detained personnel in Yemen.
Heads of United Nations entities and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) on Saturday renewed urgent calls for the immediate release of their staff arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, amid reports that some of them may now face “criminal prosecution”. In a joint statement , the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen , the heads of UNDP , UNESCO , UNICEF , WFP , WHO and OHCHR , and heads of the INGOs OXFAM International, Save the Children International and CARE International, expressed their deep concern over the situation. “At a time when we were hoping for the release of our colleagues, we are deeply distressed by this reported development. The potential laying of ‘charges’ against our colleagues is unacceptable and further compounds the lengthy incommunicado detention they have already endured,” they said. The group emphasized that the reported referral to “criminal prosecution” further raised serious concerns about the saf...