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Horrific patterns of torture catalogued in Yemen’s unofficial prisons

More than 1,000 people have been arbitrarily detained and hundreds tortured by Yemen's warring parties, finds a new report.

Elizabeth Hagedorn
Elizabeth Hagedorn
Jun 30, 2020
Yemeni prisoners, said to belong the Saudi-backed government forces, react following their release by the Huthi rebels from the central prison in the capital Sanaa before being handed over to their families on September 30, 2019. - Yemen's Huthi rebels have freed 290 prisoners, including dozens of survivors from a Saudi-led coalition strike on a detention centre earlier this month, the ICRC said. The International Committee of the Red Cross hailed the move as "a positive step that will hopefully revive the
Yemeni prisoners said to belong the Saudi-backed government forces react following their release by the Houthi rebels from the central prison in the capital Sanaa before being handed over to their families on Sept. 30, 2019. — MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images

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