Contributing to the Release of 43 Victims in August 2024
Mwatana for Human Rights stated that it provided legal support through its lawyers to 667 victims of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture, contributing to the release of 43 individuals in August 2024.
Radhya Al-Mutawakel, head of Mwatana, stated that the organization offered legal assistance to civilian victims during August 2024, including: 211 victims from the Houthis (Ansar Allah), 115 from the Southern Transitional Council, 116 from the internationally recognized government, 22 from the Saudi /UAE-led coalition forces, and 3 from joint forces on the western coast. The victims were distributed across provinces, with the highest numbers in Al-Dhale'e (66 victims), followed by Taiz (62), Hadhramaut (53), the capital (50), Aden (49), Marib (37), Hajjah (29), Al-Bayda (21), Shabwa (16), Al-Hudaydah (18), Lahij (16), Ibb (11), Abyan (9), Amran (8), Al-Mahwit (5), Al-Mahra (5), Dhamar (5), Sana'a (2), Saada (2), the Saudi border (2), Al-Jawf (1), and Raymah (1).
In August alone, Mwatana documented 55 new incidents of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture; the Houthis were responsible for 26 incidents, the internationally recognized government for 20, and the Southern Transitional Council for 9.
Mwatana provides legal assistance through a network of lawyers in various regions of Yemen for victims of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture by different parties. The organization works alongside the victims' families or on their behalf, after thoroughly documenting all information about the victim and the incident, based on informed consent from the victims or their families.
The legal support team at Mwatana focuses on ensuring procedural justice for individuals in contact with law enforcement or those detained by armed groups that have become de facto authorities, striving to guarantee their rights from the moment of detention, through investigation and defense, to the conditions of detention and trial.
