Dec 10 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned the ongoing detention of current and former local staffers of the U.S. embassy in Yemen by the Houthi movement. “The United States condemns the Houthis’ ongoing unlawful detention of current and former local staff of the U.S. Mission to Yemen,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy […]
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Dec 10 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned the ongoing detention of current and former local staffers of the U.S. embassy in Yemen by the Houthi movement.
“The United States condemns the Houthis’ ongoing unlawful detention of current and former local staff of the U.S. Mission to Yemen,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement.
“The Houthis’ arrests of those staff, and the sham proceedings that have been brought against them, are further evidence that the Houthis rely on the use of terror against their own people as a way to stay in power,” Pigott said.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward, writing by Christian Martinez)