Contributing to the release of 177 of them during the first half of 2023
Mwatana for Human Rights said that it provided legal support through its lawyers and field lawyers to 651 victims of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and torture, including 23 women and 27 children, and contributed to the release of 177 of them, including 7 women and 7 children, in 18 Yemeni governorates, between January and June of 2023.
Bonyan Jamal, Director of Mwatana's Legal Support Unit, said that Mwatana provided legal support through her lawyers and field lawyers to detainees held by: Ansar Allah group (Houthis) with 319 victims, formations of the Southern Transitional Council: 128 victims, and internationally recognized government forces: 128. Victims, the coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE: 29 victims, the Hadrami elite: 24 victims, the joint forces in the western coast: 12 victims, the Shabwa Defense Forces: 9 victims, and Al-Qaeda: 2 victims.
Jamal added that the detainees are distributed among the governorates in varying numbers, the highest in Amanat Al Asimah with 134 victims, followed by Hadramout: 85 victims, Taiz: 83 victims, Aden: 68 victims, Al Dhale’e: 63 victims, Al Hudaydah: 29 victims, Shabwa: 27 victims, and Marib: 27 victims, Hajjah: 28 victims, Lahj: 16 victims, Dhamar: 19 victims, Amran 13 victims, Al-Bayda: 15 victims, Abyan: 18 victims, Ibb: 13 victims, Al-Mahrah: 6 victims, Saada: 3 victims, Sana’a 2 victims, and 2 victims in Saudi territory.
It is noteworthy that Mwatana for Human Rights provides legal support through a network of female lawyers and lawyers, in various regions of Yemen, to victims of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture, which affect individuals by various parties, as the organization pursues its endeavors side by side with the families of the victims, or On their behalf, after carefully documenting all information about the victim and the incident, and based on informed consent from the victims or their families.
The efforts of Mwatana's legal support team focus on ensuring procedural justice for all individuals who come into contact with the law in an effort to ensure that they enjoy all the rights from the moment of detention, through the moment of investigation and defense, the place and conditions of detention, and concluding with the trial.
