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‘Barely enough room to stand up’: Inside Yemen’s secret prisons

Following the withdrawal of UAE troops from Yemen – a key backer of the country’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) – local authorities have uncovered secret prisons in the province of Hadramawt. NGOs say they were used by the STC and their Emirati allies to lock up journalists, activists and political opponents – and the scene of systematic torture.

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