Under the supervision of American Emirates .. secret prisons tortured in Yemen

Under the supervision of American Emirates .. secret prisons tortured in Yemen

Arab and international   Saturday June 24, 2017


It revealed the agency "Associated Press" the US about the presence of at least 18 secret prison in southern Yemen, where the torture of detainees under the supervision of US forces and the government of UAE.

He also called for Congress and the US Secretary of Defense for an investigation as soon as possible on the matter, while Abu Dhabi denies all the charges, in conjunction with the announcement of the National Committee for Prisoner Affairs in Yemen, the UAE controls dozens of secret prisons.

Called on the Armed Services Committee in the Senate, the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis, an investigation and inform the Commission of its findings as soon as possible allegations of torture of prisoners in Yemen.

The Committee also called for an investigation into US support for the UAE and the Yemeni party and the pro who may have participated in the torture.

Committee Chairman John McCain, in a letter to Matisse "We are alarmed by the mere mention that the United States tolerates torture issues committed by our foreign partners as it offers our national security and moral prejudice to our rules around that separates us from our enemies."

The move by Congress, revealed after the Associated Press in the US report yesterday titled "secret prisons Yemen, the UAE based on torture and US forces oversee the investigation."

The agency said that 18 secret prison at least in southern Yemen run by the UAE or Yemeni forces troops underwent training UAE, it is based on the investigation of former prisoners of certificates, and with some of the prisoners, lawyers and human rights activists, Yemeni military officials.

According to "Associated Press" The Yemeni government does not know about some of these prisons do not have the powers to gain access to other prisons.

The report stated that these prisons are hidden inside military bases and ports, and at one airport, as well as villas, and even in a nightclub. According to lawyers and prisoners with the agency that some 1,000 people have disappeared while in detention in those secret prisons, prompting missing relatives to protest almost weekly.

The agency quoted US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, that the US forces involved in the interrogation of detainees in some locations in Yemen, and put lists of questions posed by others later on the prisoners, and then receive reports of interrogations of the Emirati allies.

The officials added that the US military leadership aware of allegations of torture in these prisons, and have already studied, but merely to ensure that US military personnel were not present during the occurrence of violations.

The UAE government, for its part denied all the charges, and refuted allegations about the existence of any secret detention or torture of prisoners during interrogations.

The UAE's Foreign Ministry said "the armed forces of the UAE in Yemen is committed to international conventions with regard to wars and conflicts, not the UAE in Yemen any secret detention centers."

The National Committee for Prisoner Affairs: Emirates controlled dozens of secret prisons

In this context, the National Commission for prisoners charged in Yemen and the UAE responsible for obstructing the failure of a prisoner swap, saying it provided statements in the hope that other parties met by providing what their serious and honest approach to this file.

The Commission said that efforts collided with a direct intervention by the UAE authorities, who control large parts of the south, and stressed that the UAE control over dozens of secret prisons in control of Mukalla and Aden.

According to the statement issued by the Committee that a large part of the prisoners from the front Marib became in the hands of Saudi Arabia were transferred to the Abha region's prisons.

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