The case of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya is under discussion. In 2017, he was convicted of killing his business partner and sentenced to death. This punishment has been temporarily averted among the request of the Government of India and the negotiation among the negotiations, but the situation in the jail in which Nimisha is in, the situation is equally worse. Yemen’s jails are counted among the world’s most cruel jails, where women can also be sent to jail on charges of alleged obscenity.
Why the conditions of Yemen are bad
Yemen has been living in instability since last decade. During the Arab spring in 2011, Huti militia became very active here. Meanwhile, neighboring countries also entered the picture and the situation of the country started deteriorating. Due to fighting, neither schools and colleges are in the right position, nor hospital, nor government institutions. Meanwhile, two governments were formed here, one which has been recognized international recognition, and the other is the government of Huti rebels. Both of them are making their methods and laws. Even both the jails and the Supreme Court are different.
Since it is unstable country, it is not a big deal to put in jail without the investigation process. Most of the time can be put in jail only on the basis of doubt or breaking the rules made for women. There is no need for any investigation or evidence to prove a crime, but the testimony of a man is enough. He was often caught in the name of alleged pornography, espionage or moral polising.
Health facilities in jails are frightened
Being a radical country had the most impact on women. Common women also live there in Gharnuma jail, so what should the prisoner women say! Every level of violence is happening to them. Often women are kept in tight rooms, where the use of washroom is allowed twice in twenty four hours. If a woman opposes such things, she is imprisoned in a dark room. There is a huge lack of cleanliness here. If the pregnant prisoner reaches jail, safe delivery is almost impossible. Even if this happens, the mother-child dies due to infection after birth.
She cannot contact a lawyer or family while in captivity. And the biggest thing is that even if the punishment is complete, they will not be left until the male parents come to pick up. The arrival of male parents is the best-case Cinoio. Since Yemen was known for his anti-women attitude, the family does not re-adopt women who are commonly jailed. That is, these women will remain in jail for eternity.
What do international institutions say
The United Nations reports continued to come, which talk about the status of women in Yemeni jails. According to the report of United Nations Population Fund, due to poverty and inflation, the prisoners are not able to get food here. The condition of women prisoners is worse. They get only one food food. A woman with children has to share the same food with her children.
Huki Rebels near Unofficial Detention Center
The large part of Yemen is occupied by Huti rebels. Since they consider themselves to be a government, they have a different system, including jails. The situation of Yemen’s official jails is bad, but the prison occupied by the Huti rebels is in worse. Mawatna, an NGO there, released a report in the year 2020- in the darkness. In this, there was talk on the status of women in Huti jails from 2016 to April 2020.
Reports in two parts claim that Huti rebels have 11 unofficial detention centers. Here women are forcibly detailed and sometimes there is so much violence that they have died in captivity. The real use of these sites is to keep people in captivity for a long time. Many times this time can be of years or all life.
How many ways can the prisoner be harassed, these jails are the most interested in this experiment. According to these the darkness report, the closure of food and water for several days is the easiest punishment here. Apart from this, assault, sexual violence is also common here.
The Guardian reported to the Associated Press, claiming that these jails are the biggest threat to women talking on human rights. Most such activists have either been underground, or got imprisonment from where their return is hardly possible.
Get to guess the political condition of the country from the fact that the Ed Workers of United Nations, who usually get immunity even in war -torn areas, are also not avoided by the terror of Huti rebels. So far, more than two dozen activists of several institutions including UN have been sent to jail. These include people who used to distribute relief materials.
Nimisha Priya in which jail
Now let’s talk about the jail where Nimisha is closed. She is placed in the Central Jail of the capital Sana, which is in the possession of the Huti rebels. That is, there is no interference of the official government here. Huti rebels will decide in which situation the prisoner should be kept. At some time, many categories of prisoners are placed in reserved jails of terrorists or traitors, including thieves and dacoits to murder or other big crimes.
There are a lot of women in small cells here. There is also a provision of solitary confinement for more difficult prisoners. Since the information cannot go out from here, it is not sure what kind of imprisonment Nimisha has got and in what position she is.
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