Abductees’ Mothers Association condemned the executions carried out this morning, September 18th, 2021, by Houthi armed group. The group executed nine civilians from Tahama region after charging them of participating at killing Saleh Al-Samad, a Houthi leader. For three years, the executed civilians had been abducted and forcibly disappeared, and deprived of any family contact and of all their legal rights stated by the constitution and other laws.

 We were waiting for the release of the four journalists, Abdul-Khaleq Omran, Akram Al-Walidi, Tawfiq Al-Mansoori and Harith Hamid who were transferred from the Political Security Prison to the Central Security Prison in October 2020 and promised to be released. The local and international pressures were made to overturn a death sentence issued by the Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a - which is not competent in press and illegal - on April 11, 2020,

 Amidst the fierce armed clashes in Yemen, violations against civilians, mainly forced disappearance, escalates. For years, Abductees’ Mothers Association has documented 152 cases of forcibly disappeared civilians, 104 of which have been committed by Houthi armed group. Among these forcibly disappeared is a woman, Tahani Abdu Mohammed, 38, who was abducted while she was on her to visit relatives. She has been forcibly disappeared for almost two years,

After the urgent report issued last week by the mothers of abductees, which warned of severe health deterioration of our detained sons held at Be’er Ahmed Prison, amidst the breakout of COVID-19, we, Abductees’ Mothers Association, rally here by the Local Council and Ministry of Human Rights in Crater to repeat our calls for the government to urgently intervene in order to save the abductees held at Be’er Ahmed Prison, as two abductees have been

 A report, received by Abductees’ Mothers Association, stated that the medical conditions of the abductees held at Be’er Ahmed Prison in Aden have severely deteriorated, as all of them suffer the same symptoms which included; shortness of breath, fever, joint pain, and loss of smell and taste senses.  Their medical conditions have worsened daily, leading to the blackout of many due to high fever.  The association has previously

For many years, 45 individuals have been forcibly disappeared by Security Belt Forces, which is controlled by the Southern Transitional Council in Aden. Families have no clue of their relatives’ living conditions as they are completely prevented from any visits.  At Abductees’ Mothers Association, we rally here by the Local Council office in Aden to reiterate our demands and calls to the government, namely Ministry of Human Rights, to take the

Abductees’ Mothers Association condemns the killing of the 38-year-old abductee, Mohsen Mohammed Ali Al-Qadi, from Dhamar, by shooting him at prison two months after his abduction from his home on April 12th, 2020.  Al-Qadi was forcibly disappeared throughout his detention period. His family never heard from him until the news of his death reached them from a released abductee. His body was kept at Dhamar Hospital’s morgue for more than a year.

40 arbitrarily arrested individuals and 43 forcibly disappeared persons are still held prisoners at Security Belt prisons in Aden. The abductees live under tragic conditions where they lack the basic medical services and minimum humanitarian needs, such as ventilation and clean water. Moreover, their medical conditions have worsened with the extreme heatwave and power blackouts that last as long as 16 hours a day, as well as the outbreak of COVID-19 and skin

In Alhudaydah, which is witnessing scorching temperatures reaching 50°C amidst the global heat wave, our abducted sons are facing unbearable conditions at prisons and detention centers which lack the most basic needs, such as ventilation and water. Thus, their medical conditions worsen, especially those suffering asthma and shortness of breath, and contagious skin diseases spread. Abductees’ Mothers Association has documented the imprisonment of 100

While freedom has become a granted right around the globe, Yemenis are still suffering, especially our abducted, forcibly disappeared, and arbitrarily arrested sons, who are subjected to brutal torture leading to the death of many of them. From the beginning of 2020 until the middle of 2021, Abductees’ Mothers Association has documented many cases of physical torture abductees and detainees were subjected to in order to confess to the accusations faced

 As the regional efforts, as well as of the United Nations’, continue to progress in order to end the war and build peace in our country, the case of abductees and arbitrarily arrested and forcibly disappeared persons is being excluded from all humanitarian agenda which leads to prolonging and increasing the suffering of our sons and their families.  On October 15th and 16th, 2020, Yemeni parties released hundreds of abductees as an implementation

Many years have passed by while abductees are still detained. Their suffering has doubled and their case has gone cold. Thus, civilian freedom has become a political game.  According to the cases documented by Abductees’ Mothers Association, Houthi armed group still detains 123 civilians and forced 31 others into disappearance. The group completely refuses to include these civilians in the negotiation lists for prisoners’ swap, despite local and

Days, months, and years have passed while our sons are still forcibly disappeared. We have no clue of their conditions and our fears for their lives have doubled with the spread of COVID-19. Another group of our sons have spent three years and a half unlawfully detained at Be’er Ahmed Prison due to the constant prolonging of legal processes, which, in turn, leads to the extension of detention periods.  We were optimistic with the capability of the new

Years, holidays, and Eids have passed and our abducted sons’ situation remains unchanged. They suffer bitterness of being let down. Their families’ conditions have worsened while there is no close hope to have their stolen freedom back.  At Abductees’ Mothers Association, we have assembled here by the office of UN’s Special Envoy to condemn the disregard of Yemeni parties for the suffering of 624 abductees and forcibly disappeared

As the whole world combats COVID-19 by releasing all prisoners and detainees, since the conditions at prisons dangerously accelerate the spread of the virus, the warring parties in Yemen continue to abduct journalists and issue execution judgement upon them while allowing no defence for their cases at all.  On April 11th, 2020, Houthi armed group issued a judgement of executing four abductees after more than five years of detention. Armed Houthi officers had

In an exclusive report received by Abductees’ Mothers Association, it was stated that the 20-year-old model and actor Entesar Abdulrahman Mahyoub Al-Hammadi was abducted on February 20th, 2021 in Sana’a, and has been unlawfully detained since then. She was falsely tied to a case of other models and actors. In his statement to the association, the victim’s legal consultant, Khaled Mohammed Al-Kamal, said that he and her family were not