According to the UN agency, a World Food Program (WFP) activist has died while detaining in northern Yemen controlled by Houth.
The WFP said the man was one of the seven Yemeni staff “in detail” by local authorities since January 23. It is unclear when and how he died.
His death was announced a day after the United Nations says when he will hold Northern Governor Sada, a strong stronghold of the Iranian -backed Houthi movement, on security concerns.
The UN said it included six in Saada following the detention of eight additional UN personnel. More than 60 staff from the United Nations, international NGOs and foreign embassies were already being held.
UN spokesman Farhan Haq said, “This extraordinary and temporary move tries to balance and balance the need for the protection and security of UN officials and its partners. “
In a post on X on Tuesday, WFP executive director Cindy McCain said the detained worker was named Ahmed and he was a “devout man friend and father of 2” who saved his life. Helping food aid.
According to the WFP, he had been working for the agency since 2017.
McCain said he was “angry with heart and tragic harm”.
He added, “Humans are #Notatarget.”
No comment was made immediately by the Houthi authorities.
Yemen has been destroyed by a civil war that increased 10 years ago, when the Houthis took control of the Northwest from the internationally recognized government, and the Saudi -led coalition with the help of the United States and Britain, its rule. An attempt to restore was interrupted. .
The fight has allegedly killed more than 1.5 million people and mobilized one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with 4.8 million people displaced and 19.5 million – half of the population – somehow. Need help.
Last month, The United Nations said he was actively engaged with senior Houthi officials Try to secure the release of all its detention employees.
Although they provide an important lifeline, UN agencies regularly have difficulty reaching people in large cities and cities outside the cities, Houthi officials have regularly stated that they are human. Homits in aid supply have been hindered.
Human rights groups have also accused hundreds of civilians of kidnapping, torture and detaining.
In June, the Houthis claimed that they had eliminated more than 50 NGO workers and embassy staff members, along with the “US Israeli spy network” after the detention of 13 UN staff. The UN human rights chief said the allegation was baseless.
The UN Security Council will discuss the situation in Yemen later this week.
Last month, US President Donald Trump added the Houthis to the list of foreign terrorist organizations in the country The shipping of the Mediterranean and their attacks on Israel.
