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As U.N. staff depart Sanaa, 53 others still arbitrarily detained in Yemen

The arbitrary arrests intensify the humanitarian crisis, threatening aid cutbacks for over 19 million people.

A Yemenia Airways flight arriving from Aden to the Sanaa Airport in May 2022 was the first commercial flight there in almost six years.
A Yemenia Airways flight arriving from Aden to the Sanaa Airport in May 2022 was the first commercial flight there in almost six years. (AN/OSESGY)

A group of 12 U.N. international staff members, previously held following a weekend raid on the U.N. compound in Sana'a, departed Yemen on a U.N. Humanitarian Air Service flight.

Three other international staff detained in the compound were also free to move or travel.

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