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Good reporting. Xinjiang's

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 07:16:05 +0000

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Good reporting. Xinjiang's another area where news seldom gets out.

Inside Yemen’s secret prisons

artappraiser — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 05:08:45 +0000

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Inside Yemen’s secret prisons: ‘You can hear the screams’

By Maggie Michael @ A.P., June 23, 2017

WARNING: DISTURBING

THEY call it the “grill”: [....]

It is just one of the terrors inflicted by interrogators on detainees in Yemen who are routinely beaten with wires and were kept in filthy shipping containers, blindfolded for months — all by one of America’s closest counter-terrorism allies.

Abuse and torture are rife in a network of secret prisons across southern Yemen where hundreds are detained in the hunt for al-Qaeda militants, former detainees told The Associated Press [....]

American defence officials confirmed Wednesday that US forces have interrogated some detainees in Yemen but denied any participation in or knowledge of human rights abuses.

The American officials confirmed that the US provides questions to the Emiratis and receives transcripts of their interrogations.

A Yemeni witness of American interrogations also told the AP that no torture took place during those sessions where he was present. Still, the American role raises potential concerns about violations of international law [....]

Related from United Nations

artappraiser — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 04:58:28 +0000

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Related from United Nations News Centre:

Aid workers race to contain Yemen cholera outbreak, UN agencies report

20 June – A “race” is under way to contain the cholera epidemic in Yemen where 20 out of 22 governorates are affected, United Nations agencies said today.

Warring parties in Yemen 'must take all feasible precautions' to minimize harm to civilians – UN envoy

21 June – Civilians in Yemen continue to be killed and injured during Ramadan, despite calls for the conflict parties to respect their obligations under international law, the senior United Nations aid official in the country warned today.

Many aid groups unable to manage war zone risks, says UN-backed report

22 June – Humanitarian aid workers want to help people in some of the biggest war zones, but extreme risks and threats are paralyzing their operations, a United Nations-backed report today concluded.