The National Body for defending Rights and Freedom has disclosed today that the Political Security Organization(PSO) had detained many Yemeni nationals, who were arrested abroad and then handed over to the security authorities in Sana’a. It held the (PSO) accountable for incarcerating the nationals identified as Abu Bakr Abdullah Omar and Sanad Ali Yasslom Al-kazami, who were deported from the Emirates and then turned over to the (PSO). According to the Body, another Yemeni national named majid Bark Mizan was caught in Saudi Arabia and was also surrendered to the (PSO) two months ago. It urged the chairman of the (PSO) Brig- Ghalib Al-Qamash to guarantee the detainees’ rights, set them free and /or refer them to courts. | Unless they explode first, of course... |
It also demanded that their relatives should be allowed an access to them in accordance with the constitution. On the other hand, the Body urged Yemeni authorities to instantly release Wasef Matar, a young man from Aden , who was apprehended earlier this year at the hand of the Republican Guards in Mashiq quarter, Aden. In a message addressed to the minister of Interior Dr. Rashad Al-alimi, it ( the Body) criticized Wasef’s detention and considered it a violation of the Yemeni constitution. The watchdog demanded , in another message addressed to Al-alimi, that legal procedures must be taken pertaining to Amir Ahmad Al-Baadani and his son Mohammed , who are being detained, in Shabwa province’s central jail, at the hands of the security forces, who held them in solitary confinements and threatened to liquidate them. It also stressed the importance of conducting thorough probes into the case of Bandr Chadir , who was illegally detained in Al-Mahweet province and then released on bail. |