Yemeni model attempts suicide in Sanaa jail run by Houthi rebels

SMA NEWS – SANA’A

Entisar al Hammadi tried to commit suicide “due to the decision of the central prison administration to transfer her to the prison’s prostitution section”, Gulf Centre for Human Rights says, citing “reliable sources”.

Quoting press reports, the Lebanon-based group said on Thursday: “A child accompanying his imprisoned mother caught a glimpse of her face turning blue after she tried to hang herself.

“He hurriedly told everyone, and she was rescued at the last moment but was in critical condition.”

GCHR said “reliable sources” confirmed that she had tried to commit suicide “due to the decision of the central prison administration to transfer her to the prison’s prostitution section”.

“This led to a severe deterioration in her psychological state.”

Her lawyer, Khaled al Kamal, confirmed the details to AFP, saying she was being targeted because of her profession as a model in an ultraconservative society.

According to Amnesty International, the model’s trial which opened on June 6 had been tainted by “irregularities and abuse”.