So sadistic to torture them to extract money from their relatives. Do they think that the relatives are rich? These people left their own countries to find work.
YEMEN: MIGRANTS HELD AT TORTURE CAMPS, SAYS HRW
MAY 26, 2014
By Eurasia Review
Traffickers in Yemen hold African migrants in detention camps, torturing them to extort payment from their families, with the complicity of local officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Sometimes the torture ends in death. The Yemeni government should vigorously investigate and prosecute human traffickers and members of the security forces involved in the abuses.
The 82-page report, Yemens Torture Camps: Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity,documents harms suffered by migrants, most from the Horn of Africa, who try to travel through Yemen on their way to Saudi Arabia for work. Human Rights Watch found that various Yemeni security agencies in the border town of Haradh, where dozens of camps exist, and at checkpoints, allow the human trafficking industry to flourish with little government interference.
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YEMEN: MIGRANTS HELD AT TORTURE CAMPS, SAYS HRW
MAY 26, 2014
By Eurasia Review
Traffickers in Yemen hold African migrants in detention camps, torturing them to extort payment from their families, with the complicity of local officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Sometimes the torture ends in death. The Yemeni government should vigorously investigate and prosecute human traffickers and members of the security forces involved in the abuses.
The 82-page report, Yemens Torture Camps: Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity,documents harms suffered by migrants, most from the Horn of Africa, who try to travel through Yemen on their way to Saudi Arabia for work. Human Rights Watch found that various Yemeni security agencies in the border town of Haradh, where dozens of camps exist, and at checkpoints, allow the human trafficking industry to flourish with little government interference.
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Yemen: Migrants Held At 'Torture Camps', Says HRW | Eurasia Review
