Human Rights Ministry commemorates International Day Against Enforced Disappearance Crime

Human Rights Ministry commemorated the International Day Against the Crime of Enforced Disappearance.

At the event, Human Rights Minister, Ali Al-Dailami, stressed the importance of commemorating this day, which falls on August 30, to remember the victims of enforced disappearance, and to shed light on the suffering of thousands of Yemeni citizens who were subjected to enforced disappearance in the prisons of the aggression coalition countries or in the prisons of its tools in Marib, Aden, and others.

He pointed out that the number of Yemeni citizens who were forcibly disappeared by the aggression and its tools reached five thousand and 433, according to what was monitored by the ministry, and there are many others who are hidden.

Dailami said, “The Yemeni people have contributed to the establishment of international principles and agreements. Is it appropriate for the world to remain silent about the crimes that people are exposed to, which have turned them into mere unidentified numbers?” He stressed that it is the duty of the international community and the countries of the world to strive seriously to stop the crimes committed. It has been committed against the Yemeni people for years by criminal and terrorist forces.

He pointed out that the Ministry has confirmed information about thousands of forcibly disappeared people who are distributed among 22 secret prisons in the occupied provinces, and are subjected to all types of torture, violations, and many of them cannot be reached or enabled with the minimum amount of contact and inspection about the treatment they are receiving.
In addition to that among the forcibly disappeared are many of the most vulnerable groups, including women, children and people with disabilities.

He said, “The Ministry’s reports confirm that the coalition countries, represented by Saudi Arabia and the UAE directly or through their tools in the so-called legitimate government, the authorities loyal to the Islah Party, and the groups supported by the UAE, including the Southern Transitional Council, and the so-called joint forces continue to commit crimes of enforced disappearance and commit serious violations of international law and international humanitarian law at the same time, impunity for perpetrators continues.”

Al-Dailami stressed that the Ministry, in the embodiment of its responsibilities and duties, will continue to confront practices that restrict the freedom of citizens who have been arrested or subjected to kidnapping and enforced disappearance and are still in the grip of armed formations with multiple loyalties and affiliations in the provinces under occupation. It guarantees and ensures that they enjoy decent treatment until the chains of injustice are lifted and they return.

The event produced a number of recommendations that confirmed that the file of detainees and abductees is a fundamentally humanitarian file and should not be subject to negotiation or bargaining under any circumstances and in any way, that all the acts that were practiced against detainees and abductees, such as torture, intimidation, starvation, humiliation, and humiliation, are serious crimes against them. All Yemenis, and that confronting attempts at impunity will be a core goal of the Ministry of Human Rights’ tasks.

The recommendations called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to carry out its tasks towards detainees and abductees in the prisons and detention centers of the forces supported by the American-Saudi-Emirati aggression coalition, by intensifying field visits to visit them and fully learn about their conditions and paving the way for a real, tangible , urgent coordination framework in order to end this file in a completely humane manner and comprehensive.

The ministry indicated that the international community must give priority to the formation of an international criminal accountability mechanism to collect, preserve and analyze evidence, prepare case files and communicate with victims of violations and serious crimes, including enforced disappearance, in preparation for holding perpetrators accountable.

At the end of the event, the Ministry of Human Rights honored the human rights activist, Yahya Al-Murtada, for his role in defending the human rights and humanitarian issues of the Yemeni people and introducing them abroad.