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ckaihatsu
25th June 2017, 23:00
The United Arab Emirates and allied security forces maintain a secret network of prisons in Yemen where dozens and perhaps hundreds of people are detained, routinely abused and in some cases severely tortured, according to separate reports released Thursday by Human Rights Watch and the Associated Press.


More... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/reports-allege-torture-in-secret-prisons-run-by-united-arab-emirates-andallies-in-war-torn-yemen/2017/06/22/434244f8-5752-11e7-9e18-968f6ad1e1d3_story.html)
ckaihatsu
27th June 2017, 06:22
via wsws.org (http://www.wsws.org)

The brutal torture regime began during the Obama administration and continues under President Donald Trump.

More... (http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/06/27/yeme-j27.html)