联合国正要求对一名人权工作者在也门胡塞武装拘留期间死亡一事进行彻底调查。
The United Nations is demanding a thorough investigation into the death of a human rights employee while in Houthi detention in Yemen.
穆罕默德·沙米（Mohammad el-Shami）曾在联合国人权事务高级专员办事处工作，他在一个多月前身亡，但其家属直到最近才被告知。自2024年6月以来，他一直被控制也门北部大部分地区的该反叛组织任意拘留。
Mohammad el-Shami, who worked for the UN Human Rights Office, died more than a month ago but his family was only recently notified. He had been arbitrarily detained by the rebel group, which controls much of northern Yemen, since June 2024.
自2014年9月胡塞武装攻占首都萨那以来，沙米的死凸显了遭到该组织针对的联合国和非政府组织工作人员的数量。
His death has highlighted the number of UN and NGO workers targeted by the Houthis, since they captured the capital Sanaa in September 2014.
联合国人权事务高级专员福尔克尔·蒂尔克敦促萨那的胡塞当局确保对沙米的死进行迅速、透明和独立的调查。
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has urged the Houthi authorities in Sanaa to ensure a prompt, transparent and independent investigation into el-Shami’s death.
蒂尔克表示：“这对联合国人权办和整个联合国来说是令人心碎的损失。穆罕默德的家属没有收到关于其死因或死亡环境的任何解释——他们理应知道真相。”
“This is a heartbreaking loss for the UN Human Rights Office and the wider United Nations. Mohammad’s family has not received any explanation of the cause or circumstances of his death – they deserve to know the truth,” said Turk.
“这需要披露所有相关医疗和拘留记录、保存证据，并对任何声称的死因进行独立审查。必须对不当行为追究责任。”联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯也表达了他的震惊，并要求立即释放所有被扣押人员。
“This requires disclosure of all relevant medical and detention records, preservation of evidence and independent scrutiny of any stated cause of death. There must be accountability for wrongdoing.”UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also expressed his dismay and demanded the immediate release of all detained personnel.
古特雷斯表示：“我对一名联合国同事穆罕默德·沙米在也门胡塞实际当局羁押期间死亡感到震惊和深切悲痛。”
“I am appalled & deeply saddened by the death of a @UN colleague, Mohammad el Shami, while in the custody of the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen,” Guterres stated.
仍然被扣押的联合国人员、前联合国员工以及人道主义和民间社会组织人员的安全与福祉，令我感到严重关切。我重申呼吁立即且无条件释放他们。”胡塞武装一再指控被扣押的工作人员是间谍。
“I remain gravely concerned for the safety & wellbeing of the UN personnel, former UN staff & personnel from humanitarian & civil society organisations who remain detained. I reiterate my call for their immediate & unconditional release.”The Houthis have repeatedly accused detained workers of being spies.
在沙米被捕的2024年，胡塞武装指控被扣押的60多名联合国和非政府组织工作人员是“美国-以色列间谍网络”的一部分。
The Houthis accused more than 60 UN and NGO workers detained in 2024, when el-Shami was arrested, of being part of an “American-Israeli spy network”.
该组织一再以间谍指控为由，逮捕民权活动人士、非政府组织工作人员和其他平民。
The group has routinely arrested civil rights activists, NGO workers and other civilians on espionage allegations.
根据国际特赦组织的数据，截至今年2月，有73名联合国员工和数十名其他人道主义工作者被拘留。继2025年2月一名世界粮食计划署雇员身亡之后，沙米是第二名在胡塞武装羁押期间死亡的联合国员工。
As of February this year, 73 UN staff and dozens of other humanitarian workers were in detention, according to Amnesty International. El-Shami is the second UN staff member to die in Houthi custody, following the death of a World Food Programme employee in February 2025.
也门国际承认政府的人权部长梅什达尔·穆罕默德将沙米被绑架、强迫失踪和死亡的全部责任归咎于该民兵组织。
The Minister of Human Rights for Yemen’s internationally recognised government, Meshdal Mohammed, held the militia fully responsible for el-Shami’s abduction, forced disappearance and death.
他说：“对（民权工作者）持续绑架超过两年，最终以宣布其中一人死亡而告终，且不让其家属探视或了解其状况，这要求对该档案的处理方式进行认真审查。”
“The continued abduction of [civil rights workers] for more than two years, culminating in the announcement of the death of one of them without enabling his family to visit him or know his condition, dictates a serious review of the way this file is handled,” he said.
当地人权倡导者强调了追究胡塞武装导致死亡及其他民权虐待行为责任的极度困难。
Local human rights advocates highlight the severe difficulty of achieving accountability for deaths and other civil rights abuses by the Houthis.
“萨姆”权利与自由组织主席陶菲克·阿尔哈米迪概述了在也门胡塞武装控制区运作的非政府组织工作人员面临的系统性障碍。
Tawfik Alhamidi, President of SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties, outlined the systematic obstacles faced by NGO workers operating in Houthi-controlled territories in Yemen.
他告诉半岛电视台：“该组织不仅控制着监狱、医疗记录和证人，而且羁押地点缺乏司法或人权监督。”
“The group is the one that controls prisons, medical records and witnesses, in addition to the fact that there is no judicial or human rights oversight over places of detention,” he told Al Jazeera.
“该组织的这种拖延和隐瞒信息的行为，可能反映出该组织的一种系统性模式或行为，至少可能是为了掩盖某些特征或使调查变得困难。”他说，许多也门人在胡塞武装羁押期间死亡的原因都被归咎于疾病、猝死或自杀。
“This delay by this group and the withholding of information may reflect a systematic pattern or behaviour by this group, at least in order perhaps to hide some features or make it difficult to conduct an examination.”He said that the deaths of many Yemenis in Houthi custody have been put down to disease, sudden death or suicide.
阿尔哈米迪补充说，无论确切死因如何，胡塞武装当局对羁押期间的任何死亡都负有全部责任。
The Houthi authorities remain fully accountable for any deaths in custody, regardless of the exact cause, Alhamidi added.
“即使疾病得到证实，问题依然存在：被扣押人员是否也接受了医疗护理，还是存在疏忽或剥夺？”
“Even if illness is proven, the question remains: Did the detainee also receive medical care, or is there negligence or is there deprivation?”