Yemeni mothers miss the celebration and joy of Mother's Day as Houthi armed group continues detaining their sons at official and secret prisons within Houthi-controlled areas. On Mother's Day, an abductee's mother said "Last year, I gave my son a white rose on Mother's Day. Flowers are, generally, a way of expressing feelings when words can't. I told him the I had chosen that white one because it symbolizes his pure heart. A year later, I

Abductees' Mothers Association demanded Arab Coalition to uncover the results of the investigation carried out by the official committee, which had been previously formed by the coalition, and disclose the fate of their abducted and forcibly disappeared sons. The demands were announced during a protesting rally held by abductees' mothers this morning by Arab Coalition headquarters in Aden. The rally, itself, coincided with International Women's Day,

In collaboration with many civil society organizations, Abductees' Mothers Association participated in a seminar named Yemeni Women's Role to Mitigate Conflicts Impact in Ma'rib. In its presentation, the association representative talked about the violations women faced, such as; the detention and abduction of many female activists, the threats and verbal abuse during protests, the arrest at checkpoints, and the humiliation of mothers and wives at

I've been kidnapped from tge street right in front of the Red Cross  organization in Hudaida on 22/11/2018 by some Houthies members. They took me to the criminal investigation prison in Hudaida. They threw me in a very dark room with no fresh air and no toilet for a whole day. They then started  investigating me. During the investigation they threatened me with guns. I was kept in a separate cell for three days without allowing any

The armed Houthi group abducted on April 23, 2019 two ladies and three female children while they were returning from Marib on a bus. The abducted ladies and children are: Mrs. Fatim Ahmed Shuraibah Aqar, 72 years old, and Miss Jaberah Ali Hassan Awadh, 30 years, Halima Qassim, 4 years old, Rahmah Qasim Hassan Hibah, 5 years old, Fatin Talal Hassn Hibbah, 5 years  old.Fatem and Jaberah went to Marib to have passports to be able to travel to Hajj

"We were visiting my grandfather in Sana'a during vacation. When the vacation ended, we went back to Mareb, where my father lives as a refugee. We took the road through Al Jawf on our return to Mareb, and we were stopped in a checkpoint in Al Jawf by armed Houthi fighters. I was with my three young sisters in a taxi with two other ladies. This was in May 2019, and we were detained from 9 am until 12 am, and we did not have food or water during this whole

In March 2019, she was traveling to Harran with her children (Wejdan, 17 years old, Wajdi, 15 years old, Zainab, 13 years old, Izz, 12 years old, Asma'a, 8 years old, Aref 9 years old, Muhammad, 5 years old, and Hafsah, 6 years old) to visit her husband. She was stopped at a checkpoint under the control of a number of Houthi armed men in the area of Haradh. She was stopped with her children, and they were detained for 13 days in a home in the Abs area that the

Abductees' Mothers Association participated at Women's Day ceremony, which was organized by the general management of Woman Development, along many civil society organizations.The association's representative made a speech during the ceremony praising women's roles in building community, both economically and socially. The representative talked about the suffering of abductees' mothers and wives, and the hardships the face during war and

Her son says :( My mother went to receive a transfer that I sent ,15000 Yemeni Riyals, at 6:00 pm on 11/5/2018. She was accompanied by her grandson, where she intended to go to the doctor after receiving the money. My brother called her at 8:00 pm; and she said she was on the way home. An hour passed and my brother tried to call her, but her phone was called off. In the middle of night, someone called my brother from my mother's phone asked him to come to

On their international day, women in Yemen are repeatedly subjected to various violations, mainly abduction, arbitrary arrest, and forced disappearance for as long as two years. Abductees' Mothers Association has documented 157 cases where women have been victims of abduction and forced disappearance. Women are abducted by Houthi armed group for many unlawful and illogical reasons such as; peacefully protesting for better living conditions, political

Abductees' Mothers Association condemned ignoring mothers' calls and pleas, by Yemeni parties in Amman, to release ill abductees who had been illegally detained and disappeared for five years at Houthi prisons.  The condemnation was announced this morning at a protesting rally by OHCHR's building in Sana'a, calling upon the UN and peace-fostering countries to create the necessary pressure to release ill abductees. The demands were made after

Abductees' Mothers Association in Al-Hudaydah held, this afternoon, a protesting rally demanding the uncover the fate of 85 abductees and forcibly disappeared persons who had been detained at Hunaish Prison, Central Security Prison, Al-Hudaydah. In the rally statement, mothers expressed their worries and fears for the unknown fate their sons are facing as mothers had no clue how their sons are surviving in prison since visits are prohibited. The statement

Abductees' Mothers Association held, today morning, a protesting rally in Ibb where mothers demanded to uncover the fate of their sons who had been forcibly disappeared for five years. In the rally statement, mothers said that there were 198 whose fate and health conditions were unknown, calling upon government officials and human rights organizations to pay the necessary attention to their sons' issue and affirming that mothers of abductees and forcibly

During the first civil society organizations awarding ceremony, Abductees' Mothers Association was awarded by Social Affair Office in Marib for their hard work towards the freedom of abductees and forcibly disappeared persons all over the country, as well as the efforts made to make the issue a public matter both national and internationally. The association representative was awarded in a ceremony attended by more than thirty organizations and many public

Mothers of abductees and forcibly disappeared persons held a protesting rally, this morning, by the office of UN Special Envoy to Yemen to demand the meeting committees to include all abductees and forcibly disappeared persons in swap lists. In the rally statement, the association said that 24 abducted civilians had died, since signing Stockholm Agreement, due to torture and health care negligence, and 134 others had been killed by Arab Coalition air force

Abductees' Mothers Association in Taiz stated that dozens of their sons had been subjected to various types of brutal torture, physically and psychologically at Alsaleh Prison at Alhawban area by Houthi armed group during a protesting rally held this morning by the governorate's administration building.In the rally statement, the association said that many former abductees had been interviewed by the association and talked about the different types of