Sanaa: The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has issued a strong condemnation regarding the reported brutal crime committed by Saudi army soldiers against four Yemeni citizens from the Ghafra district in the Dhaher district of Saada province.
According to Yemen News Agency, the ministry detailed that Saudi army soldiers allegedly arrested the Yemeni citizens in the Jizan region and subjected them to inhumane and humiliating torture. This reportedly included direct burning and severe flogging. The ministry specifically identified Yahya Mahdi Shuyan Al-Salihi and Muhammad Labis Uqbi as victims of torture by burning, while Faris Muhammad Hassan Uqbi and Muhammad Jaber Ali Uqbi were subjected to severe flogging.
The Ministry views this alleged crime as a blatant violation of international and humanitarian conventions. It is seen as part of a broader pattern of serious violations reportedly perpetrated by the Saudi regime against Yemeni expatriates and workers. The Ministry criticized what it described as a shameful international silence and the complicity of UN organizations that claim to defend human rights.
The Ministry expressed its solidarity with the victims and their families, holding the Saudi regime fully responsible for this and previous crimes against Yemeni citizens within its territory. They called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other international and local organizations to denounce the crime and initiate a transparent and independent international investigation into the repeated violations against Yemenis inside Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry reaffirmed the Yemeni people's right to defend their dignity and rights by all legitimate means and emphasized that they will not remain silent in the face of such acts of aggression. The statement urged activists, human rights defenders, and media professionals to expose these practices and highlight the actions of the Saudi regime, which they claim transgress moral and legal boundaries.
Finally, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights asserted its commitment to utilizing all legal avenues to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes and document them for presentation before competent international courts.