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Rights defenders Awfa Al-Na'ami and Alhassan Al-Qawtari arbitrarily detained (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 7, 2019

The rights defenders were both summoned by the Houthi-held National Security Office in Sana'a for a meeting, were arrested on arrival and held incommunicado without having access to their families or a lawyer.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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