Dozens of Women Searching for Their Kidnapped Relatives in UAE Prisons

Dozen of women organized a protest, Sunday, demanding the disclosure of the fate of their kidnapped relatives in Emirati prisons in Aden, since the past years.

Abductees’ Mothers Association the “Southern Transitional” militia affiliated with the UAE, called for the disclosure of the fate of 61 disappeared persons, and the release of 37 others, who suffer from the worst humanitarian conditions in the militia’s prisons.

In a statement, the Association confirmed that the UAE militia has been procrastinating in the issues of their kidnapped and forcibly hidden children for years.

The statement pointed out that dozens of detainees were killed under torture and others were killed by the bombing of aggression aircraft, while some died as a result of neglect and lack of health care.

The statement confirmed that the association had monitored from 2016 to 2022,  the abduction of 419 civilians by the aggression-backed forces, including nine women. In addition, 172 people were forcibly disappeared by the security services in the aggression-controlled areas, while 142 were subjected to torture in the prisons of the aggression.

The statement indicated that 210 prisoners were killed under the bombing of the coalition aircraft on places of detention. It noted that many detainees are still suffering from the most heinous violations in the prisons of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the forces supported by them.

The statement called on the council of Saudi-Emirati tools to release the detainees and unconditionally reveal the fate of the forcibly disappeared in the prisons of the coalition-backed forces.

The Issue of detainees and those forcibly disappeared in US-Saudi aggression prisons, especially in Aden, Mukalla and other areas, is among the complex issues, at a time when detainees are subjected to the worst forms of torture and illegal methods that amounted to rape, according to observers.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the US and its other regional allies, launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015. The seven years and half of war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure. Yemeni people are facing malnutrition, hunger, and famine, which have increased risks of disease and starvation.

Occupied southern governorates are witnessing a tragic situation, high crime levels, currency deterioration, and rising prices. They have witnessed protests and sit-ins during the last period, due to the worsening humanitarian and economic conditions.

During the past years, international reports revealed the existence of numerous informal detention facilities and secret prisons set up by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in occupied southern governorates.