Ahead of the release, ICRC delegates conducted private interviews with each detainee and provided assistance to support their dignified return home. ICRC medical staff also checked their health conditions and arranged for additional assistance where needed.
The release was initiated by the National Committee for Prisoners Affairs and does not fall under the Stockholm Agreement. The ICRC did not play any role in determining who or how many people would be released.
The ICRC remains ready, at the request of the parties, to act as a neutral intermediary in facilitating or supporting future releases, transfers and repatriations of people detained in connection with the conflict in Yemen, as it has done in previous years.
For more information, please contact:
Iscander Saeed, ICRC Sana’a: +967 730500719, ialmamari@icrc.org
Alaa Nayel, ICRC Kuwait: +965 96673614, anayel@icrc.org
Press Office, ICRC Geneva, Tel.: +41 22 730 34 43, press@icrc.org
