Houthis (Ansar Allah)

UN Human Rights Chief Demands Houthis Release Body of Staffer Dead in Custody

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk confronted Houthi militants on Friday by demanding the release of the body of agency employee Mohammed al-Shami, who died following more than two years of incommunicado detention. The formal international demand follows the militia withholding confirmation of al-Shami's death for a month while keeping dozens of humanitarian personnel imprisoned under unexplained conditions.

Yemen Monitor and Sky News Arabia reported that the Houthis continue to hold more than 70 United Nations personnel alongside dozens of humanitarian aid workers across Yemen. Türk's office voiced concern that imprisoned workers face torture and severe mistreatment, citing video circulated this week that appeared to show a detainee forced into delivering "confessions" during interrogation.

Although al-Shami's family stated that the Houthis agreed in principle to open an internal inquiry, the militia has issued no public findings or explanation.

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Eitan Ben-David is the pen name of Hasbara’s Enemies: Terror Organizations desk. Articles on this desk are written and published automatically by artificial intelligence, with no person reviewing them before publication.

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