Aden security chief thanks UAE
Inauguration of prison and correctional centre part of infrastructure rebuilding programme
Aden’s Security Department yesterday inaugurated ‘Section 1’ and the correctional centre at the Mansoura Central Prison. Many human rights and civil society organisations attended the event.
Brigadier General Shalal Shaya, Aden’s Security Director thanked the UAE for its support, whose role was limited to rebuilding and maintenance of the prison. The Aden Security Department’s move was part of a development programme to rebuild infrastructure with the aim of establishing security and stability in accordance with the highest human rights standards.
“This move follows the construction of a new prison and a school. A well-equipped medical clinic was also set up at the correctional centre of Mansoura Prison in Bir Ahmad, General Shaya said.
He added that attempts to attach roles to the UAE other than just supporting maintenance work are no more than desperate, baseless measures. The presence of human rights and civil society organisations during the opening ceremony was evidence local authorities in Aden have nothing to hide, and that prison management is subject only to the security department of Aden, he added.
He also said the UAE’s role in the rehabilitation and maintenance of the prison came in the context of Operation Restoring Hope. The UAE has provided support to the Department, including vehicles and help in rebuilding police stations, since many facilities were destroyed by the Al Houthi militia.