Abductees’ Mothers Association’s members called to save their arbitrarily arrested sons after reporting several blackout cases of abductees due to the hunger strike, they have gone on at Be’er Ahmed Prison in Aden in protest to prolonging their legal procedures.  In their rally by the Criminal Court in Crater, Aden, mothers said that 14 arbitrarily arrested individuals had been continuing their hunger strike at Be’er Ahmed Prison,

Abductees’ Mothers Association in Aden organized this morning a protesting rally by the former Specialized Criminal Court judge, Wahib Fadel Al-Radfani, as 14 arbitrarily arrested persons held at Be’er Ahmed Prison went on a hunger strike protesting against holding off their legal procedures which led to completely stopping the processes of their cases. In the rally statement, read near the judge’s house, who did not meet mothers, they

In conjunction with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, November 2nd, Abductees’ Mothers Association called out to drop the execution judgements and to stop violations against abducted journalists. In its rally by the OHCHR office in Sana’a this morning, the association stated that it had monitored the violations against journalists, and the number of abducted journalists had mounted to 58, abducted by Houthi armed

Abductees’ Mothers Association participated today, along several other NGOs in Marib, at a seminar titled “The Effects and Violations of Bombing Civilians by Houthi Armed Group as UN Agencies Do Not Fulfil Their Duties.” During the seminar, Ulfat Al-Refa’I, an association representative, spoke of the violations of Houthi armed group since 2016 as the association has documented the abduction of at least 8384 civilians, 1504 of whom have

 In Taiz, Abductees’ Mothers Association reunited with its sons, who had been detained at Houthi prisons, after being released via a prisoner exchange deal in the governorate. The deal included 136 abducted civilians and war prisoners.The following are the names of abducted civilians were included in the exchange and had been previousl listed by Abductees’ Mothers Association; •    Ibrahim Qasem Mohammed Al-Ushari.

 In Taiz, Abductees’ Mothers Association held, today, a seminar titled “Release Them for Prevailing Peace” in conjunction with the International Peace Day, September 21st. During the seminar, the representative of the association in Taiz, Asma’a Al-Ray’i, spoke of the suffering of mothers and families of the abducted, arbitrarily arrested, and forcibly disappeared individuals while waiting for peace resolutions leading to their

Abductees Mothers Association rallies to condemn and disapprove executing nine civilians by Houthi armed group.   In Alhudayda, Abductees’ Mothers Association held a protesting rally this morning condemning, in its statement, the executions carried out yesterday, 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

Geneva – The undersigned organizations expressed their strong condemnation and denunciation of the serious approach by the Houthi group to implement the death sentence against nine defendants who are imprisoned in connection with the case of killing the former head of the Supreme Political Council, “Saleh Al-Sammad” and his guards, stressing that the Houthi group bears full responsibility for the lives of those people as it violated a set of

 In its rally today by the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sana’a, Abductees’ Mothers Association demanded Houthi armed group to uncover the fate of the forcibly disappeared journalist, Abdulkhaleq Amran, whose family was not allowed to visit or hear from him. The association held Houthi armed group fully responsible for his and other journalists’ safety.  In its rally, Abductees’ Mothers Association stated that

Abductees Mothers Association -Hodeidah Governorate - heard on Saturday 11/9/2021 the testimonies of those released from the prisons of Houthi group in Hodeidah ; and the torture, deprivation and violations they experienced and witnessed with the rest of abductees in prisons of Houthi group.  The released, Suleiman Al-Humaidi, stated about the violations and torture he was subjected to, such as beatings on the hands, pulling out nails, deprivation of

In Aden, Abductees’ Mothers Association met up with Mari Luis, a member of Panel of Experts formed by the Security Council Resolution 2140 (2014) on Yemen, at the office of UN’s Special Envoy.  During the meeting, different topics were discussed regarding the violations against arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared persons at prisons and detention centers in Aden, including torture.  After handing her a list of the names of the

 In Ma’rib, Abductees’ Mothers Association held, this morning, a joint seminar with Rased Organization for Rights and Freedom and Human Rights Office in Sana’a, titled Forced Disappearance: A Crime Against Humanity.  During the seminar, Abductees’ Mothers Association had a presentation that explained the grave dangers threatening the lives of the forcibly disappeared persons held at prisons and secret detention centers, namely

 Forced disappearance in Yemen: Torture to death.   Abductees’ Mothers Association held, today, a protesting rally by the governorate administration in Taiz, in conjunction with International Day of the Disappeared, August 30th. During the rally, a joint statement issued by Abductees’ Mothers Association and Defense Foundation for Right and Freedom was given, where both organizations reiterated their demands for the local and

Abductees and forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained persons held at Aden’s prisons have been suffering severe health deterioration, which led to spread of different symptoms including; shortness of breath, fever, joint pain, and loss of smell and taste senses.  Their medical conditions have worsened on a daily basis, leading to the blackout of many due to high fever, as two abductees had been placed in isolation in Aden whereas the rest were

 Abductees’ Mothers Association organized a workshop titled Mental Health and Its Effect During Devastating Times. The workshop was especially arranged for former abductees and abductees’ families, and led by mental health specialist, Asma’a Al-Sayedi.   The workshop program contained many topics including; overcoming negative thoughts and turning them into positive ones, and dealing with abductees’ mental condition to ease their

 In its rally this morning by the Local Council office in Aden, Abductees’ Mothers Association demanded the government, namely the Ministry of Human Rights, to mount the needed pressure to uncover the fate the forcibly disappeared persons and continue the legal process of the arbitrarily arrested ones in order to release them.   During its meeting with the Minister of Human Rights, the minister assured that he would continue to take the