In Marib, Abductees’ Mothers Association met, this morning, with the five released journalists who had been abducted and detained by Houthis since June 2015, and extended its congratulations on their freedom. During the meeting, the journalists raised their case and issues they faced during their five-year detention at the prisons of Houthi armed group. …
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This morning, Amat Alsalam Al-Haj, head of Abductees’ Mothers Association, met with the head of International Red Cross Subcommittee, Maria Theresa Casiyapoti, in Marib. During the meeting, the association demanded the ICRC to look for the female abductee, Khaleda Al-Asbahi, in Houthi prisons in Sana’a, and grant her the rights of family contact and freedom. …
Abductees’ Mothers Association congratulated Adel Al-Thaibani, a member of Yemeni Bar Association, after thirteen days of arbitrary arrest and detention at Marib’s Criminal Investigation Prison. A team from the association had previously visited Adel Al-Thaibani at the prison on October 20th, 2020, and participated in the rally organized in sympathy with him on October …
Today, we rally by the Court of Appeal to demand releasing 41 abductees held at Be’er Ahmed Prison and uncovering the fate of 37 individuals who have been unlawfully forcibly disappeared for more than 4 years. It is a violation of the Yemeni law which forbids the prosecution from detaining an individual for more than …
Abductees’ Mothers Association demanded Aden’s governor, Ahmed Hamed, to urge the competent authorities to take the necessary actions immediately to uncover the fate and conditions of the forcibly disappeared persons. In their rally, this morning, mothers highlighted their demands of going forward with the legal processes, which had been stopped by the prosecution and the …
September 22, 2020 – States should help pave the way towards credible accountability and redress for the people of Yemen by renewing and strengthening international investigations into war crimes, other serious violations of international humanitarian law, and grave human rights abuses during this 45th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (the Council), 24 organizations …
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By peacefully protesting in order to make mothers’ voices heard nearby the UN Special Envoy in Sana’a, Abductees’ Mothers Association sent a strongly worded letter to the teams of both the government and Houthi armed group convening in Switzerland regarding the case of abductees and forcibly disappeared persons. Mothers condemned, in their letters, the negative …
Abductees’ Mothers Association held both Houthi and the government negotiating teams in Geneva responsible for prolonging the implementation of the agreements and promises of releasing abductees and forcibly disappeared persons. In today’s rally in Al-Hudayda, mothers said that there were 200 abductees from Al-Hudayda held by Houthi armed group in horrible conditions, 92 of whom …
In cooperation with Wojud Foundation, Abductees’ Mothers Association held, this morning, a hearing session for the victims of forced disappearance and arbitrary arrest in Aden. During the session, Randa Al-Fahd, the association’s representative in Aden, gave a speech reminding that the association has monitored 1573 cases of abduction and 186 forced disappearance cases committed by …
In Taiz, Abductees’ Mothers Association held today a press conference with former forcibly disappeared persons and their families, in collaboration with Defa’a for Rights and Liberties and in conjunction with the International Day of the Disappeared. Activist Wafa’a Al-Qadasi said “On this day, families, activists, human rights defenders, human rights organizations, and the whole world …