UAE rejects Amnesty report on Yemeni prisons

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UAE rejects Amnesty report on Yemeni prisons

Abu Dhabi - The UAE has urged the Yemeni government to conduct an independent investigation into the matter.

By Wam

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Published: Thu 12 Jul 2018, 1:39 PM

Last updated: Tue 14 Aug 2018, 3:24 PM

The UAE government has refuted Amnesty International's recent report which claims its involvement in Yemeni prisons.
The government said that the report is politically motivated to undermine its efforts as part of the Arab Coalition to support the Yemeni Government.

In a statement released on Thursday, the UAE government said, "The UAE does not manage or run prisons in Yemen. Prisons in Yemen are under Yemeni authority and fall under the jurisdiction of the country's institutions. As such, the UAE has urged the Yemeni Government to conduct an independent investigation into the matter and continues to follow up with the Yemeni Government on this front."

"We also continue to work closely with the Yemeni Government as part of the Coalition's stabilisation strategy and have facilitated with the Yemeni Government, in recent months, visits to some prison sites for the International Committee of the Red Cross."

"The UAE believes that these reports are politically motivated to undermine its efforts as part of the Arab Coalition to support the Yemeni Government," it concluded.



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