Yemen’s Prisoners Affairs Committee Announces Unilateral Release of 600 Prisoners of War
The National Committee for Prisoners Affairs in Yemen has announced the unilateral release of 600 detainees affiliated with opposing forces, in cooperation with the International Red Cross.
According to Mehr News Agency, quoting Al Masirah, the committee stated at a press conference that the prisoner release is being carried out unilaterally. Abdelkader Al-Murtada, the committee chairman, described the operation as the largest unilateral amnesty and prisoner release in the history of the conflict. He added that 2,612 prisoners had been unilaterally freed in previous rounds.
Al-Murtada emphasized that the committee addresses the issue of prisoners from a humanitarian perspective, not from a standpoint of revenge. He further alleged that prisoners are being tortured in the enemy’s detention centers and claimed that the opposing side has taken no humanitarian steps to release prisoners.
The chairman of Yemen’s National Committee for Prisoners Affairs also expressed readiness to implement prisoner-related agreements and stated that there are no obstacles in this regard. However, he accused Saudi Arabia of instructing the opposing side and the United Nations to halt the prisoner release process.
