UN says Houthis force detained staff to make statements on camera, condemns airing of coerced video

NEW YORK CITY: The UN on Monday accused the Houthis of forcing UN personnel detained in Yemen to make statements on camera. It condemned the militia for broadcasting footage that showed an employee of the organization’s human rights office making what officials described as a ‘visibly forced statement’ while in custody. The UN had “serious grounds to believe that those…