Four years have passed since the bombing of the Community College Prison in Dhamar by the coalition air force, after Houthi armed group turned the educational facility into a prison. The bombing resulted in the killing of 134 abductees who were forcibly hidden, and the injury of around 45 others. This painful anniversary continues, and …
The survivor Abdu Hasan Saghyer Aseybah recounts, “I found myself arrested and forcibly disappeared just one day after my father was detained, both of us plunged into enforced disappearance. I was transferred to Hodeida City, imprisoned first at the Officers’ Club and then at the Citadel Prison. Eventually, I was relocated to Sana’a’s Revolution Reserve …
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The crime of enforced disappearance is considered one of the crimes stipulated by international humanitarian law. It is classified as a crime against humanity. In this crime, the dignity and freedom of the individual are violated without any legal justification. Moreover, families of those forcibly disappeared endure prolonged suffering. The gravity of enforced disappearance lies …
On the occasion of the #International_Day_of_Enforced_Disappearances, August 30th, the Association of Abductees’ Mothers held a protest in front of the Ma ‘ashiq Palace in Aden. The protest aimed to demand the revelation of the names of those who have been forcibly disappeared. These names were submitted to the leader of the guard at the Ma …
As years pass by with international days and human rights occasions, our hope for the realization of rights and justice continues. Unfortunately, rights remain violated, and justice remains elusive. On this International Day of Enforced Disappearances, it is distressing that hundreds of Yemeni civilians are still forcibly disappeared, with their families having no information about …
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Justice4Yemen Pact, in collaboration with various human rights organizations, issues this joint statement to denounce this blatant violation of universally recognized human rights and emphasize the need to protect the victims in Yemen. Moreover, we call on holding the perpetrators of …
The head of Abductees’ Mothers Association, Amat Alsalam Al-Hajj, met with the Human Rights official at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Badr Farouk, in the temporary capital, Aden. Al-Hajj raised the issue of the kidnapped, detained, and forcibly disappeared individuals to the official, discussing the serious violations they face by the warring …
The head of Abductees’ Mothers Association, Amat Alsalam Al-Hajj, delivered a speech before the members of the International Security Council on Wednesday, during her briefing on the situation in Yemen regarding the issue of the abductees and forcibly disappeared persons held at Houthi prisons. Al-Hajj stated that the tragic stories resulting from the war in …
Every time my eyes fall upon your photo fixed in a corner of our house, they overflow with tears and I am overwhelmed with anguish to the point of suffocation. That house, oh Asaad, used to exude joy and happiness, filled with the echo of your laughter. My son, perhaps time did not allow me …
The head of Abductees’ Mothers Association, Amat Alsalam Al-Hajj, met with the Dutch Ambassador’s deputy to Yemen “Marieke Weerda”, and the Political Attaché at the embassy “Tessa Scholma” yesterday, Thursday, in the temporary capital, Aden. During the meeting, Al Hajj discussed the issue of abductees, detainees and forcibly disappeared persons and their tragic conditions inside …
