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Over 1,000 Yemeni citizens imprisoned in Saudi,Emirati-run secret prisons in Yemen

Over 1,000 Yemeni citizens have been imprisoned and detained in several Saudi and Emirati forces-run secret jails in Yemen’s southern provinces, according to a Arab Post” website report.

“The majority of the detainees inside prisons are the Saudi and UAE policies’ opponents, who have been accused of coordinating terrorist operations,” the report added.

According to the report, the most secret important prisons used by Saudi Arabia to punish and eliminate anyone who opposes its policies is in the city of Seiyun in Hadramout province.

The report affirmed that dozens of Yemenis have been forcibly disappeared for three years without contact with their families.

According to informed sources, the Saudi officers responsible for the investigation in the prison practice the most horrific forms of torture against detainees, including severe beatings, electric shocks, spraying cold water.

AA

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