Disappearances and Arbitrary Arrests in the Armed Conflict with Huthi Rebels in Yemen

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• Map of Yemen

• I. Summary and Recommendations

• Recommendations

• Methodology

• II. Background

• The war

• Sa’da Governorate and the Huthis

• The Security forces

• III. Enforced Disappearances

• Legal standards

• Cases of enforced disappearance

• IV. Arbitrary Arrest and Detention

• Legal standards

• Arrests of family members of wanted individuals

• Arrests of Hashemite religious figures

• Arrests of suspected Huthi sympathizers

• V. Restrictions on Free Expression and Information Exchange

• Legal standards

• Cases of arrests

• Acknowledgments

 

October 2008    ISBN: 1-56432-392-7