BBC reporting confirms secret detention centres on former UAE bases in southern Yemen, long alleged by human-rights groups. Former detainees describe severe overcrowding, torture and sexual abuse, including in shipping-container cells with minimal ventilation. The UAE denies running secret prisons and did not respond to the BBC’s latest detailed allegations. Access followed the UAE’s January withdrawal from Yemen amid a widening rift with Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government. Families fear detainees remain unlawfully held, despite official promises to close illegal prisons and restore judicial oversight.
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BBC reporting confirms secret detention centres on former UAE bases in southern Yemen, long alleged by human-rights groups. Former detainees describe severe overcrowding, torture and sexual abuse, including in shipping-container cells with minimal ventilation. The UAE denies running secret prisons and did not respond to the BBC’s latest detailed allegations. Access followed the UAE’s January withdrawal from Yemen amid a widening rift with Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government. Families fear detainees remain unlawfully held, despite official promises to close illegal prisons and restore judicial oversight.