Human rights experts working for the United Nations are urging Yemen’s Houthi rebels to release five people from the country’s Baha’i religious minority who have been in detention for a year
Human rights experts working for the United Nations on Monday urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to release five people from the country’s Baha'i religious minority who have been in detention for a year. The five are among 17 Baha’i followers detained last May when the Houthis raided a Baha’i gathering in the capital of Sanaa. The experts said in a statement that 12 have since been released “under very strict conditions” but that five remain 'detained in difficult circumstances.
” A spokesman for the Houthis did not return a request for comment. The 12 were released only after signing a pledge not to communicate with other Baha'is and “refrain from engaging in any Baha'i activities,” the experts said. They are also not allowed to leave their hometowns without permission. The experts are part of the Special Procedures, which is the largest body of independent experts in the United Nations Human Rights system.
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