OHCHR / YEMEN DETAINED UN STAFF

The High Commissioner of Human Rights demands the immediate and unconditional release of the detained UN staff in Yemen, and the release of all human rights and humanitarian workers similarly arrested and detained without legal protections, a spokesperson said. OHCHR / UNTV CH

• Video Length: 00:01:22
• Production Date: 3 September 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 3249880
• Parent Id: 3249880
• Alternate Title: unifeed240903e

Description

STORY: OHCHR / YEMEN DETAINED UN STAFF
TRT: 01:20
SOURCE: OHCHR / UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS

DATELINE: 03 SEPTEMBER 2024, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Various shots, exterior, Palais des Nations
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“This Friday marks three months since six of our colleagues in Yemen were arrested by the ‘Ansar Allah’ de facto authorities three months.”
3. Wide shot, briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The six UN Human Rights staff – one woman and five men – were arrested on 6 June together with seven other UN personnel. Two UN Human Rights and two colleagues from other UN agencies have been detained by the de facto authorities since 2021 and 2023 respectively, bringing the number of UN staff arbitrarily detained in Yemen to 17.”
5. Wide shot, briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Once again, the High Commissioner demands their immediate and unconditional release, and the release of all human rights and humanitarian workers similarly arrested and detained without legal protections.”
7. Wide shot, briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We also call on the de facto authorities in Sana’a to facilitate rather than hinder UN entities and other human rights and humanitarian actors in their efforts to serve the people of Yemen, including for the promotion and protection of their human rights.”
9. Various shots, exterior, Palais des Nations

Storyline

The High Commissioner of Human Rights demands the immediate and unconditional release of the detained UN staff in Yemen, and the release of all human rights and humanitarian workers similarly arrested and detained without legal protections, a spokesperson said.

The UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani today (03 Sep) provided the following update on the detained UN staff in Yemen, at the Bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva.

“This Friday marks three months since six of our colleagues in Yemen were arrested by the ‘Ansar Allah’ de facto authorities three months,” she said.

“The six UN Human Rights staff – one woman and five men – were arrested on 6 June together with seven other UN personnel. Two UN Human Rights and two colleagues from other UN agencies have been detained by the de facto authorities since 2021 and 2023 respectively, bringing the number of UN staff arbitrarily detained in Yemen to 17,” Shamdasani said.

“Once again, the High Commissioner demands their immediate and unconditional release, and the release of all human rights and humanitarian workers similarly arrested and detained without legal protections,” the spokesperson said.

“We also call on the de facto authorities in Sana’a to facilitate rather than hinder UN entities and other human rights and humanitarian actors in their efforts to serve the people of Yemen, including for the promotion and protection of their human rights,” she said.