Yemen’s Abductees' Mothers Association revealed that, for two weeks in a row, the Iran-backed Houthi militias have suspended visitation rights of detainees held in a Sanaa center run by the insurgency.
According to one of the Association’s sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, Houthis have also been depriving the prisoners, most of whom are journalists and academics, from food and healthcare.
Notorious for torturing political hostages, Houthis have reportedly stripped prisoners of their clothes and personal effects, mattresses and blankets.
The Association also urged rescuing the abductees who have been victim of nonstop psychological and physical torture in the past weeks.
Locked up in dark humid cells, detainees are suffering from an outbreak of skin diseases and rashes, it warned, noting the total absence of healthcare.
It cited sick detainees demanding medical attention being chained and those asking for help for their cellmates being subjected to brutal beatings.
Even worse, both prisoners and their visiting relatives repeatedly face uninhibited verbal abuse.
The Association urged the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sanaa to weigh in for the prisoners’ unconditional release, and for the International Committee of the Red Cross to inspect the facility.
