Press conference on Saudi crimes against Yemeni expatriates held in Sanaa
SANAA, Jan. 04 (YPA) – The Ministry of Human Rights has on Tuesday organized a press conference in the caopital, Sanaa, on crimes and violations of Saudi regime against Yemeni expatriates under the slogan “Arbitrary detentions and extrajudicial executions under American cover and UN silence.”
During a press conference, the minister of human rights confirmed that the Saudi regime had subjected dozens of Yemeni expatriates to mock trials, while the families of the victims of the recent Saudi execution confirmed the refusal of Saudi officials to give them any information.
Ali Al-Dailami, said, “We have dozens of complaints about similar cases, and the people are being blackmailed.”
Al-Dailami stressed that the Saudi regime brought dozens of detainees to mock courts in a formal procedure far from the provisions of Sharia and the principles of international law, considering that failure to hand over the bodies is a crime added to the chain of crimes of the Saudi regime.
Al-Dailami explained that the prisons of the Saudi regime are in the thousands, and they are suffering the ugliest forms of torture and are threatened with execution.
He added that the crime of the Saudi regime begins with kidnapping, then enforced disappearance, then execution without a fair trial and without giving them the right to defend themselves, indicating that the years 2020-2021 were full of serious liquidation crimes carried out by the Saudi regime against expatriates outside the framework of the law.
Al-Dailam called for the formation of an independent international commission in accordance with the principles of international law to visit Saudi prisons, calling on the High Commissioner and the Red Cross to form a fact-finding committee, monitor and document crimes committed against Yemeni and African immigrants.
For their part, the families of the victims explained that they were surprised by the news that their relatives had been detained for years, stressing that Saudi officials refused to respond to them or provide them with any information.
The families indicated that the Saudi regime refused to give information about the conditions of detention and execution, nor did it grant the victims the right to self-defense. Saudi regime also prevented them from communicating with their families in the prisons.
As the brother of one of the victims said, I was surprised when my brother called minutes before his execution, informing me of the news while we were waiting for his release.
The families of the victims demanded that the criminal killers be prosecuted and an end to these humanitarian crimes.
E.M