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'I cried for days': Office raids and arrests shock aid workers in Yemen
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns that that the impact of President Trump's policies and the Houthis' arbitrary arrests is ...
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At a time of war, nations must stop global order from crumbling: UN rights chief
As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to Ukraine, UN human rights chief Volker Türk ...
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Yemen: Houthis Detain More UN Workers
(Beirut) - Houthi authorities, who control much of Yemen, arbitrarily detained at least eight United Nations staff members in late January, 2025, 25 organizations including Human Rights Watch said ...
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UN suspends operations in Yemen’s Houthi stronghold after staff detained
The United Nations has temporarily paused all operations in Yemen’s Saada region after Houthi authorities detained eight more of its staff, a UN spokesman said. “This extraordinary and ...
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UN suspends aid work in Yemen's Houthi stronghold after rebels detain more staff
The UN has suspended its aid operations in Yemen's Saada region after eight more of its staff were detained by Houthi rebels. In a statement, the UN said on Monday that the "extraordinary ...
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Unelected UN Human Rights Chief Rails Against ‘Global Power Dynamic’ of ‘Unelected’ Tech ‘Oligarchs’
The head of the UN’s Human Rights Council, Volker Türk, says the rise of ‘tech oligarchs’ is as ‘equally alarming’ as other ...
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UN suspends its humanitarian work in Yemen's Saada after more staff abductions
The United Nations said Monday it has suspended its humanitarian operations in Saada, Yemen, after the detention of eight more U.N. staffers, affecting the response to one of the world’s worst ...
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'I cried for days': Office raids and arrests shock aid workers in Yemen
As a result, many organisations, including the UN, are scaling back operations, threatening to make life for people already devastated by war even worse. In Yemen, 4.5 million people have been ...
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Death of UN worker arbitrarily detained in Yemen must be investigated: Amnesty International
Amnesty International called on Wednesday for Houthi de-facto authorities to investigate the death of a UN World Food Program (WFP) worker who was arbitrarily detained in a Houthi detention centre ...
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UN suspends aid operations in Houthi stronghold after 8 staffers detained
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after the group detained eight more UN staffers ...
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UN pauses some Yemen operations over Houthi detention of staff
The United Nations has paused all operations in Yemen's Sa'ada region after more UN staff were detained by the Houthi authorities, deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Monday. "This ...
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‘Outraged’: WFP says staff member died while detained in northern Yemen
Seven UN agencies operate in Saada – including the WFP, World Health Organization and UNICEF – along with several other international aid organisations. Yemen has been the focus of one of the ...