Conflict● Elevated4d ago · Oct 31, 2026, 12:00 PM
‘They deserve to know the truth’: UN rights chief demands probe into staffer’s death in Houthi custody
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from UN News · Middle East
The UN human rights chief on Saturday demanded an independent investigation into the death of a Yemeni colleague held by the Houthis for more than two years, whose family learned of his death only weeks after it happened.
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