While Yemenis are eagerly awaiting the implementation of Stockholm agreement and the release of their abducted and forcibly hidden sons, Houthi armed group continues abducting civilians and carry out various types of torture in prisons. Last week, Abductees' Mothers Association was informed of the death of the 22-year-old abductee Tawfeeq Ahmed Mohammed Al-Haji. He was abducted by Houthis on February 25th, 2016 from Al-Mukha and was forcibly hidden for 6

Abductees' Mothers Association closely observes the fulfillment of Stockholm agreement, signed by Yemeni warring parties last month, which obligates Houthi armed group to release all our abducted and forcibly disappeared sons who have been imprisoned by Houthis for more than 3 years. Despite the agreement signing, abductions and enforced disappearances have not stopped. Many of the abductees were not recognized or included in the agreement which may

Abductees' mothers have been hopefully looking forward to releasing their abducted and forcibly hidden sons, bearing in their hearts the anxiety and fear of revoking the agreement terms by one of the signing parties. Stockholm agreement, which was settled a few days ago and had been sponsored by the United Nations, states that the abductees' must be released. We, abductees' mothers, would like to send our appreciation to the UN Special Envoy, Mr.

Years and months have passed by mothers who are hopefully waiting for the cases of their abducted and forcibly hidden sons to be solved and their basic human rights to be granted. Their sons' rights have been increasingly violated at prisons and detention centers they are held at. Their health is neglected while they have been starved and tortured, sometimes to death, as well as forcibly hidden. We, abductees' mothers, call upon the UN Special Envoy to

The International Day of the Disappeared, August 30th, has been made to draw attention to the fate of people held under poor circumstances unknown to their relatives and legal representatives which greatly violates international laws created to protect people's dignity and rights. On this day, dozens of abductees' mothers are still struggling to learn the fates and whereabouts of their forcibly hidden sons. According to Abductees' Mothers

Abductees' Mothers Association in Al-Hudayda calls upon United Nations Envoy to Yemen, and all local and international human rights organizations to take immediate actions to save the lives of their abducted sons held at Al-Hudayda prisons. Houthi armed group is trying to transfer abductees from Central Security Prison in Al-Hudayda to unknown destinations after they had been shot with live ammunition and tear gas last Thursday. Fears and worries are

Abductees' Mothers Association has learnt that the health condition of the abductee Abdulilah Seylan, an interior design student, has critically deteriorated as a result of severe torture at Political Security Prison in Sana'a. Prison wardens have deliberately neglected Seylan's health causing the loss of ability to stand up properly on his own. Seylan, who was abducted on August 19th, 2015, has been brought before the attorney general who ordered

Abductees' Mothers Association condemns the show trail of 36 abductees who were forcibly kidnapped, locked inside Political Security Prison, and subjected to severe torture with the aim of extracting confessions based on false accusations. After a year of enforced disappearance and brutal torture, the alleged case of the abductees was referred to Criminal Court who, in turn, did not take the rightful legal actions. The case itself showed the tremendous amount

Abductees' Mothers Association strongly condemns the Houthi and Saleh armed groups assault on their protesting rally by to the UN Office in Sana'a, on Monday, which was urging the UN to carry out its duty to protect the fundamental rights of their sons.They said in an official statement that this incident was a brutal attack on the mothers of hundreds of civilian abductees who were in Houthi/Saleh detention centers for more than 19 months.Houthi and Saleh

What was done to our sons by Houthie and Saleh armed group in the morning of Eid day, September 11th, 2016, of firing live ammunition to disperse abductees' families, and verbal and physical assault on women which led to violently pushing down a female relative of an abductee onto the ground, was not an isolated incident as the families had been repeatedly harassed and prevented from visiting their imprisoned relatives since the beginning of the month. What

  To international human consciousness;To human rights organizations;To all Yemenis with whom we share land and faith;Do you heed our call?! Do you hear our accelerating heart beats?! Our abducted and forcibly hidden sons in Yemeni jails have been always at risk as every moment we go with them into an unknown fate. We urge you stand by us to stop this risk and end pain by sending them back to their beloved mothers, wives and little children.Abductees'