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UNICEF said the violence in Yemen is leaving children terrified, and more of them are being recruited as child soldiers. (Reuters)

Children Victims of Houthis Recruitment to Rehabilitation Centers

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | May 27, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – The Yemeni government is willing to establish a center to take care of children captives who were recruited by Houthi insurgents. The purpose of the center is to rehabilitate the children after the great damage caused to them due to being obliged to...

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Relatives sit next to a sick man waiting to be admitted to a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

4,000 Kidnapped, 13,000 Detained by Yemeni Insurgents

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | May 11, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – Yemeni Deputy Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Askar described the occupied Yemeni regions as “big prisons” that include free Yemeni prisoners and captives. Askar added that there are “inhumanitarian practices represented in forbidding salaries as well...

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Protesters attend a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners’ Day in Gaza City April 16, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Palestinians Mark Prisoners’ Day Promising to Free Captives from Israeli Prisons

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 18, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah-Palestinians belonging to all sects, groups and political affiliations commemorated “Prisoners Day” with promises of clearing Israeli prisons from over seven thousand prisoners, among which are women and children, who have been long held captive . Palestinian...

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Cameroonian soldiers patrolling in Amchide, northern Cameroon, 1 km from Nigeria. Around 20 of the dozens of hostages seized by Boko Haram in Cameroon at the weekend were released by the Islamists as they were chased by the army, media reports and sources said on January 19, 2015. (AFP)

30 hostages taken by Boko Haram in Cameroon are released

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 19, 2015 | World

Yaounde, Cameroon, AP—About 30 hostages abducted in Cameroon over the weekend by members of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram have been released, Cameroon’s military said Monday. Military spokesman Col. Didier Badjeck said some of the more than 60 hostages...