Editing Terrorism in Yemen (section)

===UAE-run secret prisons===
In the name of punishment, Yemenis are tortured at the hands of Houthis and Saudi Arabia-led military. According to a report published by the [[Associated Press]], the [[United Arab Emirates]] runs a network of secret prisons across southern Yemen, where several hundreds of Yemenis on suspicion of being al-Qaida or Islamic State militants are held.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apnews.com/e32442a4c8c24acd9d362c433d5cd10e|title=Ex-inmates: Torture rife in prisons run by Yemen rebels|date=December 7, 2018 |publisher=Associated Press|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111033/https://www.apnews.com/e32442a4c8c24acd9d362c433d5cd10e|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to former detainees, families of prisoners, civil rights lawyers and Yemeni military officials, there are at least 18 lock-ups hidden away in military bases, air and seaports, the basements of private villas and even a nightclub. Prisoners are held without any charges, with the Yemeni government having no control over these UAE-run prisons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/b2a5ecfd1adb442a86df5bd05bc6599e|title=Inside Yemen's secret prisons: 'We could hear the screams'|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111017/https://apnews.com/b2a5ecfd1adb442a86df5bd05bc6599e|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Beir Ahmed]] prison in the southern city of [[Aden]] is one such prison, where detainees are tortured and sexually assaulted by the UAE officers. Prisoners are electrocuted by their genitals and rocks are hung from their testicles. They are also sexually violated with wooden and steel poles. In March 2018, Emirati officers blind-folded and handcuffed all the detainees of Beir Ahmed prison and made them stand under the sun until noon. The detainees were asked to undress and lie down with their legs spread open. The Emirati forces then touched their genitals and probed their rectums in search of mobile phones.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/7994b4508e9c4a5eaf8a1cca9f20322f|title=Detainees held without charges decry Emiratis' sexual abuses|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=June 20, 2018|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106054905/https://apnews.com/7994b4508e9c4a5eaf8a1cca9f20322f|url-status=live}}</ref>