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Yemen: Ammar and Fadel Fawaz arrested and illegally detained for several months
YEM - News | 23 April 2010
Ammar and Fadel Fawaz, two bothers from Sana'a, were arrested on separate occasions in December and August 2009 and are currently illegally detained at Sana'a's Political Security prison.
Yemen: Arbitrary detention of nine people, three of them for over two years
YEM - News | 14 April 2010
On 13 April 2010, in a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Alkarama submitted the cases of nine individuals arbitrarily detained in Yemen. Three of the victims have been detained inside Al-Mansoura central prison in Aden for over two years, and have never been the subject of any legal proceedings.
Yemen: Al-Saadi brothers arrested by Political Security forces during house raid
YEM - News | 12 March 2010
The two brothers Osama, 14 and Mohammed Al-Saadi, 17, were arrested on 13 October 2007 and incommunicado for two months and then later detained without being subject to any legal proceedings for 18 months. They were eventually tried in January 2009 and Osama, whose sentence ended in October 2009, remains in custody.
Yemen: Sadman Hossain disappeared en route to Sana'a International Airport
YEM - News | 26 April 2010
On 14 February 2010, Sadman Hossain was kidnapped by political security agents as he was heading on foot towards Sana'a International Airport with his sister Rifat. He has since disappeared.
Yemen: Hammam Al-Dobii's reappears, arrest confirmed
YEM - News | 10 April 2010
Alkarama has just learned that Hammam Al-Dobii, previously abducted on 22 March 2010, has reappeared inside Sana'a Political Security prison. Following his abduction he was to an unknown destination.