Yemen: Houthis announce the release of six fishermen detained by Saudi Arabia for more than four months

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Arabian Sea - Yemen - Follow-ups: The "Saba" news agency, controlled by the Houthi group, said that six fishermen returned on Sunday to the fish landing center in Al-Salif district of Al-Hudaydah governorate, after being detained for more than four months in Saudi prisons. According to the agency, the fishermen were on board a "Jalbah" fishing boat near Aqban Island in Yemeni territorial waters, before being intercepted by a patrol belonging to the Saudi authorities and taken to prisons on Farasan Island, where they were interrogated before being transferred to prisons in the Jizan region. The agency explained that two of them were released by land weeks ago, while the rest were released by sea, without compensating them for their losses or returning their property. According to the agency, the fishermen called on human rights and humanitarian organizations to intervene to stop the violations against Yemeni fishermen and guarantee their right to practice their activity safely.