Summary
Human rights violations in a string of Yemeni prisons run by the United Arab Emirates could amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said Thursday in a report promptly rejected by the U.A.E.
The U.A.E rejected the report of its involvement in Yemeni prisons, saying it does not manage or run any in the war-torn country.
The United Arab Emirates has played a key role in a Saudi-led military intervention since 2015 to bolster Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi against Iran-backed Huthi rebels.
Since joining the Yemen war in 2015, the U.A.E has trained, equipped and funded Yemeni security forces known as the Security Belt and Elite Forces.
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