Articles for Yemen

Yemen: Release of Mr Louay Al-Mouayyad, journalist and human rights activist

Alkarama has learned of the release of Mr Louay Al-Mouayyad on 12 September 2008 at 1 am after 74 days of detention. He was not subject to any legal proceedings during his detention and was released without ever being brought before a judicial authority.

Mr AL-MOUAYYAD, member of the Organization for Rights and Democratic Freedoms, was arrested at his home by the Security Police (Amn Al Assiyassi) on 30 June 2008, taken to an unknown destination and held incommunicado since that date.

19 Sep 2008
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Yemen: Arrest and detention of Mr Louay Al-Mouayyad

mouayyad_yemen.jpg On 10 August 2008 Alkarama submitted on a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on Torture, the Special Representative for Defenders of Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, asking them to intervene urgently in
16 Aug 2008
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Yemen: Arbitrary arrest and detention without due process of law by Mr Abdullah Al-Rimi

On 5 August 2008 Alkarama submitted a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on torture concerning Mr Abdullah Al-Rimi.
08 Aug 2008
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Yemen: The Working Group of the United Nations finds that the detention of Mr. Al Chouiter was arbitrary

Alkarama has just been officially informed by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) of the Opinion 9 / 2008 of 8 May 2008 on Arbitrary Detention which has been the victim M. Saqar Al Chouiter, arrested April 7, 2007 and released after 52 days of detention.

Alkarama had requested the WGAD in a communication dated May 9, 2007 that it declares the detention of Mr. Al Chouiter as arbitrary.

03 Jul 2008
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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