245prisoners from Saudi prisons… Sana’a reveals new details about a major exchange deal

The head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs in Sana’a, Abdulqader Al-Murtada, announced on Thursday details of a major prisoner exchange deal, scheduled to be implemented on July 10, describing it as the “largest and most extensive in terms of numbers,” and affirming that it reflects “a clear negotiating superiority.”

Sana’a – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:

Al-Murtada explained that the deal includes 1,700 prisoners and detainees from both sides, consisting of “one thousand and one hundred prisoners and detainees from our side, compared to five hundred and eighty prisoners from the other side,” indicating the success of the Sana’a delegation in imposing a wide-scale humanitarian equity equation across various confrontation fronts.

He revealed the distribution of prisoners released from Sana’a’s side according to fronts, where Marib fronts received the largest number with 388 prisoners and detainees, followed by Saudi prisons from which 245 prisoners and detainees will be released; then the southern fronts with 200, coastal fronts with 186, and Taiz fronts with 68, affirming the comprehensiveness of the deal and that no arena of steadfastness was excluded.

Abdulqader Al-Murtada also revealed that among the 1,100 prisoners to be released are about 400 civilian and abducted detainees “who were arbitrarily snatched from roads, airports, workplaces, and from inside their homes and were thrown into the darkness of prisons without any legal justification.”

He added that some of these civilian detainees “have spent nearly 7-8 years in prison away from their families,” in reference to the scale of human suffering caused by the coalition’s war on Yemen.

The head of the Prisoners’ Committee in Sana’a described the deal as a “victory for both political and humanitarian will together,” praising the role of the revolutionary, political, and military leadership in achieving this achievement and affirming that this breakthrough represents a “major message of hope” laying the groundwork for future stages of clearing prisons and completely ending this humanitarian file.