Yemeni model gets five years in jail for showing her hair online
Amnesty International says the woman, in her 20s, was also tortured to ‘confess’ that she used drugs
08 November 2021 - 19:39
A court run by Yemen’s Houthi authorities has sentenced an actor and model to five years in prison for violating public morality, activists said, after she was detained in a ruling that Amnesty International said was arbitrary and spurious...
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