The arresting officers threw Yasser Al-Fakeeh into a car and took him to an unknown destination, without ever showing him an arrest warrant, nor did they give him the reasons for his arrest. Yasser Al-Fakeeh, was initially detained incommunicado for three weeks at security services' premises in Al-Hodeida, without any contact with the outside world - neither his wife nor his parents.

He was eventually transferred to Political Security headquarters in Sana'a and detained for another three weeks incommunicado - it is where he remains to this day. His father was eventually able to visit him and discovered that he was in a psychologically precarious state.

Yassser Al-Fakeeh still has no idea why he was arrested and his future remains a mystery.

Alkarama is deeply concerned over Yasser Al-Fakeeh's situation. His arrest and detention is manifestly arbitrary, outside any domestic legal framework and in complete contradiction with standards international human rights law. Alkarama sent Yasser Al-Fakeeh's case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention today, asking for its intervention with the Yemeni authorities.