Articles for Yemen

Ameen Hamoud Al-Hossaini was arrested at his office on 18 April 2010. Police officers later held him incommunicado for several days at Sana'a's Political Security prison before being transferred to Sana'a's Central prison.

Alkarama sent Ameen Al-Hossaini's case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), requesting their intervention with the Yemeni authorities in order that he be immediately released and subsequently compensated.

On 11 January 2010 plainclothes Yemeni security agents in Ta'izz arrested Ammar Attayiar and held him at their premises, before transferring him to the criminal investigation's detention center, where he was held incommunicado and severely tortured. He was intended to be released on bail on 4 April 2010, however he has been kept in prison in despite a court decision for his release.

Abdelhamid Al-Jaishi, 20, was arrested by several plainclothes Political Security forces at his home on 13 December 2009 at 3pm, and later taken to unknown location. At the time of his arrest, he was never presented with a judicial warrant nor was he informed of the reasons for his arrest.

Alkarama submitted his case to the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances on 14 June 2010, requesting its intervention with the Yemeni authorities, in order that Abdelhamid Al-Jaishi either be released or put under the authority provided by the law.

Mustafa and Ashraf Eid Namer Al-Haddad, 9 and 14 years-old respectively, were arrested along with their father on 2 June 2010 and later released on 9 June 2010.

Omar Eid Namer Al-Haddad and his two sons Mustafa and Ashraf, 9 and 14 years-old respectively, were arrested at midnight at their home on 2 June 2010 by officers of the National Security services and later taken to an unknown destination. They are currently detained at the counterterrorism services' detention center. They were able to receive a family visit, who noticed that they had been mistreated and beaten.

Ibrahim Al-Nawar, Moad Al-Qadasi and Nawfal Al-Saffi have all been arrested by Political Security forces under the pretext of fight against terrorism, and have since been illegally detained for several months without trial.

On 28 May 2010, Alkarama sent their case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, requesting its intervention with the Yemeni authorities, in order that the detainees be put on trial or released.

On 22 May 2008, officers from the Political Security services arrested Zakaria Al-Hijri at a checkpoint in the Sahoul district of Ibb. He spent his first two weeks in solitary confinement at the Political Security detention center in Ibb. During his first two months, he was held incommunicado at the detention center, and his family was kept in the dark as to his whereabouts and the reasons for his arrest.

In the past two years, Zakaria Al-Hijri has never been the subject of any legal proceedings, appeared before a judge or even been informed of the reasons for his arrest.

Walid Al-Kainai was arrested on 15 March 2005 in Ta'izz by local Political Security forces. In the last five years, he has been imprisoned in various locations and has never been on trial.

On 12 May 2010, Alkarama sent his case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention requesting their intervention on behalf of the Yemeni authorities, in order for the Yemeni authorities either release Walid Al-Kainai or at least put him on trial.

On 14 February 2010, Sadman Hossain was kidnapped by political security agents as he was heading on foot towards Sana'a International Airport with his sister Rifat. He has since disappeared.

Alkarama submitted his case to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on 26 April 2010, asking for its intervention with the Yemeni authorities for Sadman Hossain's release, or in the least, that he be put on trial.

Ammar and Fadel Fawaz, two bothers from Sana'a, were arrested on separate occasions in December and August 2009 and are currently illegally detained at Sana'a's Political Security prison.

Ammar Abdallah Mohamed Fadel, 30, was arrested at his home on 17 December 2009 by Political Security agents accompanied by military officers who help raid and occupy his home. During the foray, several of his family members, including young children were abused.