UN pressing for release of staff detained in Yemen

By UN News

Jul 09, 2024 2:16 pm

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) remains 'extremely worried' for the well-being of 13 UN staff and a number of NGO employees arbitrarily detained in Yemen, spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said on Tuesday, demanding their unconditional release.

The staffers have been held incommunicado by the de facto authorities in Yemen who hold the capital and large swathes of the war-wracked country, formally known as Ansar Allah.

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