Factsheet: The UAE’s Secret Prison Network in Yemen

In March 2016, a year after the Saudi-led coalition’s invasion of the country, 15,000 UAE-backed troops occupied Southern Yemen. Shortly after, satellite imagery of the region revealed secret, UAE-run, prisons across the Aden and Bureiqa districts part of what is known as the ‘security belt’ established by UAE-backed forces. It is now estimated that at least 25 UAE-run prisons are present in Yemen.

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