ABU DHABI 13 July 2018: The UAE Government has rejected Amnesty International’s recent report which alleges UAE involvement in Yemeni prisons.
In a statement to Wam, the UAE Government said, “The UAE does not manage or run prisons in Yemen. Prisons in Yemen are under Yemeni authority and fall under the jurisdiction of the country’s institutions. As such, the UAE has urged the Yemeni Government to conduct an independent investigation into the matter and continues to follow up with the Yemeni Government on this front.”
“We also continue to work closely with the Yemeni Government as part of the Coalition’s stabilisation strategy and have facilitated with the Yemeni Government, in recent months, visits to some prison sites for the International Committee of the Red Cross.”
“The UAE believes that these reports are politically motivated to undermine its efforts as part of the Arab Coalition to support the Yemeni Government,” it concluded.
Arab Coalition fighter jet crash, pilots escapes
JEDDAH: Col. Turki Al Maliki, official spokesman of the Coalition Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen, said that at 04:41 a.m. early Thursday, a Tornado fighter of the Coalition, affiliated to the Saudi Royal Air Forces, suffered a technical defect as it was returning from a training mission, resulting in its crash in Assir region.
”Pilots, thanks to God the Almighty, escaped to safety,” said Col. Al Maliki as quoted by the Saudi Press Agency.