The years pass and the holy month of Ramadan comes with its eighth season, and 60 of our sons are still forcibly disappeared by the security forces in Aden governorate, their freedom has been taken away, and their families and children have been deprived of the joy of the holy month and their gathering at …
Abductees’ Mothers Association condemns the continued abduction of Abu Zaid Abdulqawi Al-Kumaim, the head of the Yemeni Teachers’ Union, by the Houthi group since October 8th, 2023, after he demanded the payment of teachers’ salaries. This is despite his critical health condition due to diabetes, which requires his immediate release. We, at Abductees’ Mothers Association, …
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February 15, 2024 The Abductees’ Mothers Association proudly presented a Joint UPR Statement as an active member of the Justice4Yemen Coalition, supported by the DT Institute, during this week’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle in Geneva. At the Human Rights Council meeting, our coalition addressed critical issues related to human rights violations in Yemen, encompassing …
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On the International Day against the Use of Children as Soldiers, the undersigned organizations express their deep concern about the continued recruitment and use of children in military operations in Yemen, especially by the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, the internationally recognized Yemeni government, and the Southern Transitional Council. The Houthis have recruited thousands …
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Abductees’ Mothers Association deeply mourns the death of Dr. Mansour Al-Shabouti, a general surgery consultant at Al-Mutawakel Hospital, who was kidnapped by Houthi armed group on January 12th in Sana’a after besieging the area where he lived and then storming his home and taking him to an unknown destination. At Abductees’ Mothers Association, we condemn …
The Abductees’ Mothers Association condemns the continued abduction of Judge Abdul-Wahhab Qatran by the Houthi group in Sana’a, assaulting him in his home, threatening his family with weapons, and then abducting him to an unknown destination, according to a statement by his son, Mohammed Qatran, in a video testimony he previously published describing the circumstances …
The Association of Abductees’ Mothers strongly condemns and expresses its outrage at the obstruction of international efforts aimed at releasing the forcibly abducted, hidden, and arbitrarily detained individuals, which was supposed to convene this week in Jordan following the disruption of the round scheduled for November last year. This irresponsible behavior undermines the fundamental values …
Every year, December 10th serves as a global reminder of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—a benchmark that delineates the rights and freedoms owed to every individual as a human being in our world. On this International Human Rights Day, marked as the first global proclamation criminalizing all violations against civilians, the emphasis is placed …
In light of the ongoing procrastination of the issue of the forcibly disappeared in Aden, the suffering of mothers, in particular, and the families of the forcibly disappeared in general is increasing. For years, 61 civilians in Aden have been forcibly disappeared and there is no way to obtain any information to know their conditions. …
The undersigned organizations hereby express their solidarity with journalist Ahmed Maher, who is incarcerated at Bir Ahmed Prison under the custody of the Southern Transitional Council (STC). According to a credible and well-informed source, Maher initiated an open hunger strike last week demanding a prompt trial. Since his arrest in August 2022, the Specialized Criminal …
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