Yemen: Women rally outside UN's Sanaa offices calling for prisoners' release

Dozens of Yemeni women rallied outside the UN mission in Sanaa, Wednesday, in a demonstration entitled ‘We will not forget our prisoners.”

In an all-women protest, wives and sisters of prisoners decried the forced disappearances of their family members during the conflict, as well as condemning international orgnaisations for ignoring the issue of prisoners.

Along with the protesting women, children held portraits of their imprisoned parents and chanted, calling for their release.

SOT, Protester (Arabic): “We have come here for this demonstration to tell the United Nations, that claims humanity, who talks about human rights, you, you blind ones, you are the greatest devil. You are the mother of terrorism. You have killed the children in this country. And you have killed women, and displaced families. And them, when we moved to confront you, you imprisoned our sons. You disabled them, you shamed them, you humiliated them, and you humiliated their families. But we are patient and we will persevere.”

SOT, Protester (Arabic): “Our presence today was to support the mothers and sisters of the prisoners in their demonstrations that we announced for all organisations that claim they promote and sponsor human rights. We ask them to look at the issue of prisoners humanely, divorced from the political disputes, and to engage in a comprehensive [prisoners’] exchange process, as the blessed Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi said.”

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