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June 26, 2017

U.N.: Yemen Facing World's Worst Cholera Outbreak
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The United Nations says Yemen is now facing the world's worst cholera
outbreak, as the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing and naval blockade has
devastated the country's health, water and sewer systems. The World
Health Organization says more than 200,000 people in Yemen are infected
with cholera; 1,300 people have already died-a quarter of them children.

Meanwhile, in more news on Yemen, the American Civil Liberties Union has
filed Freedom of Information Act requests for records on U.S.
involvement in a secret network of prisons in southern Yemen where
dozens of people, including children, have reportedly been forcibly
detained, tortured and interrogated. The Associated Press reports U.S.
military officials have participated in interrogations in detention
centers where torture is routine and extreme.


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