Families of Yemeni aid workers detained by Houthi rebels despair for

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In October, the Houthis released a dozen UN international staffers after detaining them in Sanaa the previous weekend, according to the world body, which said the 12 then left Yemen.
55% : The UN is actively engaging with the Houthis to secure the "immediate and unconditional release and safe return of all detained," Haq said.
52% : Al-Yemeni says he has reached out to all his father's past employers, as well as UN offices in Yemen, but was told they have to prioritize the release of their own, current employees.
51% : " A doctor from Sanaa told the AP that his brother, who worked with UNESCO, was arrested last year and a cousin, also a staffer for another UN agency, was arrested in September.
48% : Though some UN staffers have been released, most aid workers have been held for months without official charges or trials.
47% : Disappointed with the United Nations Al-Yamani's last job was in March 2022, with the nonprofit Direct Aid Society that has offices both in the Houthi-held north and in southern Yemen, where the internationally recognized government is based.
45% : Al-Yamani is among dozens of Yemeni workers with aid groups, United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations who have been detained since last year by the Houthis in the rebel-held northern part of the country.
45% : According to Hazam Assad of the Houthis' political bureau, those detained, including workers with international groups and nonprofits, are involved in espionage and providing coordinates and information to Israel about possible targets.
45% : However, 59 Yemenis working for the UN are still detained, as well as many other NGO and civil society personnel from various diplomatic missions.
31% : The rebels say they are spies for the West and Israel, claims their families deny.
28% : " Military campaign causes more concern The families became even more terrified when the United States and Israel launched an air and naval campaign against the Houthis in response to the rebels' missile and drone attacks on Israel and on ships in the Red Sea.
20% : UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq denounced the arrests and said accusations against UN staffers are "baseless and extremely distressing.

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