LONDON: TheUN special envoy for YemenMartin Griffiths said on Thursdaythat he is “very concerned”about Houthi attacks on Ƶ.
Speaking at the UN, Griffiths also expressed shock atHouthi authoritiessentencing thirty prisoners to death recently.
Thirty men were sentenced to death by the Houthis in Yemen last week amid credible allegations that many were tortured during three years of politically-motivated detention, the UN human rights office said.
The UN envoy called on the Houthis to respect laws concerning prisoners and detainees.
Griffiths said he held a "productive meeting" with Ƶ's deputy defense minister Prince Khalid bin Salman on Monday in Jeddah.
Tweeting about the meeting, Griffiths said he discussed with Prince Khalid how to keep Yemen out of ongoingregional tensions and how to make progress in the implementation of the Stockholm agreement with the support of the Kingdom.
