Alkarama submitted his case to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on 26 April 2010, asking for its intervention with the Yemeni authorities for Sadman Hossain's release, or in the least, that he be put on trial.

Sadman Hossain is a 21 year-old Bengali national who was studying at the Sana'a Arabic Language Institute. He normally resides with his parents in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the time of his disappearance, officers never presented him with a warrant, nor did they mention the reason for his arrest before taking him to an unknown destination.

His sister, Rifat Hossain, was also later abducted on 15 April 2010, and is currently held inside Sana'a's Central Prison. She was also questioned on the day of Sadman's arrest. The Yemeni authorities later released her a few hours later.

Immediately after Sadman's arrest, his father contacted the director of "Sageen", a local Human Rights NGO. On 1 March 2010, "Sageen" sent two official letters: one to the Interior Ministry and one to the Head of Political Security in Yemen, requesting their intervention in an attempt to secure Sadman's release or trial. The letters also mentioned the plight of a group of Bangladeshi students arrested under the same circumstances and also disappeared.