On June 22, two more appeared: A Human Rights Watch investigation noted the existence of 11 informal prisons and claims that detainees were being electrocuted. The spokesman declined to answer a follow-up question about the Human Rights Watch findings. Now neither the CIA nor the State Department will say what Pompeo knew or did about torture by the UAE. Mwatana for Human Rights has documented 34 cases in 2017 in which forces aligned with the UAE-backed Yemeni government tortured detainees. Some prisoners have been moved to central facilities, which might help improve oversight, Kristine Beckerle of Human Rights Watch said.

Source: Huffington Post April 11, 2018 23:37 UTC