Euro-Med Monitor calls for rescuing abductees in Houthi prisons
September Net
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed its deep concern at the continuing violations of human rights by Houthi coup militia in Yemen, particularly against civilians in the political-security prison in Sana’a, with increasing violations against abductees who have been victims of enforced disappearance.
The Euro-Med Monitor ( a Geneva-based nonprofit organization) sent an urgent letter to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances regarding Yemeni abductees subjected to torture and ill-treatment by Houthi militia in the capital Sana’a.
The nonprofit organization said that dozens of abductees, including academics, journalists and students, are being held at the political security prison in the capital Sana’a, controlled by the Houthi militia, where they are subjected to physical and psychological torture.
Euro-Med Monitor called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sana’a to pressure the Houthi militia to release the abductees unconditionally, also calling on the Houthi rebels to allow family visits to all those who had disappeared after revealing their whereabouts.
It further calls on international bodies and organizations to condemn kidnappings of innocent civilians by Houthi rebels in Yemen in the strongest terms and to help to release them.
The organization referred to information it had received that abductees had been subjected to torture and deprivation of exposure to the sun for several months, causing skin diseases, besides being subjected to psychological torture by insulting their families during their visits.
Demands sent by the Association of Abductees’ Mothers to Euro-Med Monitor were also communicated to the Red Cross, requesting that they visit the said prison to meet the abductees and enable them to enjoy their natural human rights.
The Houthi rebels violate international conventions such as, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the convention against torture, and other laws and regulations against arbitrary detention, among others.
Since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen in 2015, thousands of Yemenis, including civilians, have been kidnapped, while hundreds have forcibly disappeared as a result of the ongoing conflict.