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Amin Abdullah Ali Al-Naggar, 18 years old at the time of his arrest, is a student and Yemeni national living in the neighborhood of Al-Tahrir, Sana'a. He is his family's sole bread-winner and since his arrest, they have suffered major financial difficulties.
For over two months after his arrest, his family was completely unaware of what had happened to him. Information ultimately came to light that Amin was being held incommunicado in Sana'a Political Prison.
Amin Al-Naggar's arrest and imprisonment carry all the hallmark signs of an arbitrary detention in Yemen: terrorism charges, arrest without warrant, lengthy incommunicado lock-up, and no judicial authority oversight.
Although Amin has now been detained for more than five months, his family was only recently able to visit him after putting pressure on the Yemeni authorities. Local Yemeni NGO, Hood, sent a letter to the Sana'a Attorney-General requesting that he visit the prison to verify the complaint in order that Amin be released or referred to the judiciary if there was a formal accusation.
Alkarama submitted his case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on 15 September 2009 requesting their intervention into this case.
Alkarama submitted his case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on 15 September 2009 requesting their intervention into this case.