Dissappeared in relation to Sa’ada War
There’s a lot of disappeared in Yemen, in this case, the article is referring to Hashimites.
According to the Yemeni Organization to Defend Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms, nearly 135 people have been detained, 26 of whom disappeared arbitrarily after armed conflict between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels in Sa’ada and Bani Hushaish ended.
The organization distributed a list of 56 names of those alleged to have “arbitrarily disappeared” in Sana’a, demanding the immediate release of those detainees who haven’t been charged and revealing their location.
Ali Al-Amad, 27, was arrested July 5, 2008, after he left work at a mobile telephone company in Sana’a.The organization maintains that many were seized after the conflict was called off by President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Aug. 7.
Sami Ghalib, editor-in-chief of Al-Nida’a opposition newspaper, criticized opposition parties’ weak rule regarding such detainees. He also condemned security forces’ charging of those belonging to the Zaidi sect of Islam.
“Arresting on the basis of ethnic and sectarian characteristics is a serious phenomenon,” noted Mohammed Al-Maqtari, executive director
serious phenomenon,” noted Mohammed Al-Maqtari, executive director of the Yemen
Mohammed Muftah, 37, was arrested in May 2008. Many international human rights organizations have asked the Yemeni government to release him.Observatory for Human Rights.
He alleges that such arrests occurred after the announced ceasefire of the Sa’ada War, which violates Yemeni law and the Constitution, as well as international agreements Yemen has signed. Al-Maqtari added, “Political Security and National Security prisons are not under the authority of Yemeni judicial organizations, so no one can penalize them.”
