Yemen’s Torture Camps: Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity

Yemen’s Torture Camps: Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity

Yemen’s Torture Camps: Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity

This report, produced by Human Rights Watch in May 2014, discusses exploitation of the migrant community in Yemen.  The report focuses on the town of Haradh, a town many migrant workers pass through in order to reach employment in Saudi Arabia. According to the report, human traffickers in the area force migrants into camps referred to as “torture camps” in order to extort resources from either the victims themselves or the victims’ friends and family.  This resource discusses topics such as migration to and from Yemen, the town of Haradh, corruption, life in the torture camps, life after the torture camps, and both the Yemeni and Saudi governmental role in this particular instance of human trafficking. The report concludes by discussing international obligations and by providing a list of Haradh police cases regarding trafficking of migrants. Since this information was produced in 2014, one might find that it is not presented in the context of the Yemeni Civil War that began in 2015.