Articles for Yemen

Yemen: Release of Mr. Adel Al Shahrani

Alkarama for Human Rights, 1 June 2008

Alkarama has learned that Mr. Adel Yahia Yahia Al Shahrani was released on May 27, 2008. He was arrested and held incommunicado by the intelligence services (Al Amn Assiyassi) in Sanaa since August 15, 2007 and has not been the subject of any legal procedure.

Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on May 19, 2008, asking it to intervene with the Yemeni authorities.

01 Jun 2008

Yemen: incommunicado detention of Mr. Yahia Al-Shahrani

Alkarama for Human Rights, May 23, 2008

Alkarama sent on May 19, 2008 a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention asking it to intervene in the case of Mr. Yahia Al-Shahrani, who was arrested and detained since August 15, 2007, without legal procedure, by the intelligence services (Al Amn Assiyassi) in Sanaa.

Mr. Adel Yahia Yahia AL-SHAHRANI was born in 1971 and lives in Sanaa. A graduate of the Faculty of Education Sana'a, he taught for several years before exercising the profession of a taxi driver.

23 May 2008

Yemen: arrest and secret detention of Abdeladhim Al Hattar

Alkarama for Human Rights, May 13, 2008

Alkarama wrote on May 9, 2008 to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention communication, asking it to intervene in the case of Mr. Al Hattar arrested on December 14, 2007 and held incommunicado for three months.

Mr. Abdeljalil Abdeladhim Ali AL-HATTAR was born in 1982 and lives in Sanaa where he holds the "Imam Al-Haramayn" position in the City of Al-Asbahi in the same city.

13 May 2008

Yemen: the arrest of Mr. Muhammad Muftah, the chairperson of "Alhaq" party (Shura) council (*)

Alkarama for Human Rights, 8 January 2008

Alkarama human rights organization called upon the UN working group on arbitrary detentions and the special rapporteur on torture to intervene with Yemeni authorities concerning the arrest of Mr. Muhammad Muftah, which took place on Dec 27, 2007.

Mr. Muftah was arrested by Yemeni intelligence in Sana'a without due procedures. Mr. Muhammad Ahmad Ahmad Muftah was born in 1967, in the village of Bait Muftah at the outskirts of Alhaima in Sana'a governorate.

14 Jan 2008

Yemen: Arrest and detention of nine Eritrean asylum-seekers

See Also

- 1951 Convention relating to the Statusof Refugees and the 1967 Protocol [pdf]
- 2nd periodic report by UPR on Yemen (13 July 2007) [pdf]

14 Aug 2007

Yemen: Arrest and detention of Issam Al Kohali

Alkarama for Human Rights, 26 June 2007

Alkarama for Human Rights has just learned that Mr. Issam Al Kohali was freed on 23 July 2007 after 68 days of secret detention, 10 days after starting a hunger strike.

26 Jun 2007