Yemen’s Houthis Still Detaining UN, Civil Society Staff

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A convoy from the United Nations and World Food Program crosses from Houthi-controlled areas to a government-controlled area to reach grain mills in an eastern suburb of Hodeidah, Yemen, February 26, 2019. © 2019 Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters Over the past six months, the Houthis in Yemen have arbitrarily detained and disappeared at least 17 United Nations staff as well as scores of employees of nongovernmental, civil society organizations, and private companies.Despite calls from the United Nations and governments for their release, the Houthis continue to…

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