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UN calls for release of staff detained in Yemen, condemns storming of office

UN calls for release of staff detained in Yemen, condemns storming of office

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has strongly condemned the storming of his Office’s representation in Sana’a by the Ansar Allah de facto authorities and renewed his call for the immediate and unconditional release of all UN staff detained in Yemen. “Entering a UN office without permission and seizing documents and property by force are wholly inconsistent with the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations. This is also a serious attack on the ability of the UN to perform its mandate, including with respect to the promotion and protection of human rights, which our Office is there to defend,” UN Human Rights…
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Yemen stampede: At least 78 killed in surge for Ramadan donations

Yemen stampede: At least 78 killed in surge for Ramadan donations

AT least 78 people were killed in a stampede in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as residents gathered at a school to receive cash donations distributed by merchants during Ramadan, witnesses and the Houthi administration said. Hundreds of people crowded to receive the alms, which amounted to 5,000 Yemeni riyals, or about $9 per person, two witnesses involved in the rescue effort told Reuters. "When the door opened, there was a big rush by people wanting to reach the schoolyard first and some people began falling on the steps leading to the entrance," one medic said. Two-thirds of the population needs…
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