Articles for Yemen

Alkarama was informed earlier in the week of the death of 20 protestors in various cities in Yemen who were killed over the course of February during peaceful protests in Mansoura and Maala City of Aden Province; Khormaksar, El Arish District; Dar Saada District; Sheikh Osman; and the capital, Sana'a.

In March 1995, five Cameroonian nationals were arrested by Political Security forces and taken to its detention center in Sanaa, where they were arbitrarily detained for 15 years. One of them died in detention in early 2010, whilst the others were freed on 29 November 2010.

On 1 April 2010, Alkarama sent urgent appeals to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and the Special Rapporteur on torture. Alkarama also informed the Committee against Torture (CAT) about the Cameroonians' situation in the context of Yemen's periodic review in November 2009.

On 9 november 2010 Alkarama sent their cases to the UN Human Rights Special Procedure requesting its intervention with Yemeni authorities so the victims may be released or placed under protection by the law.

The following details on the victims were provided in the communiqué:

On 18 March 2010, Alkarama sent the cases of 10 Yemeni detainees to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), requesting its intervention with the Yemeni authorities.

On 5 October 2010 the Yemeni Political Security Administrative authorities released cartoonist Kamal Yahya Sharaf, after the National Security services had forcibly disappeared him for over a month. He was imprisoned at Political Security headquarters for 13 days after a State Security judge ruled that he should be released.