New information
YEM 001 / 1006 / OBS 130.1
Release / Torture and ill-treatment
Yemen
November 8, 2006
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Yemen.
The Observatory has been informed about the release on November 5, 2006, in the afternoon, of Mr. Ali Al-Dailami, Executive Director of the Yemeni Organisation for the Defence of Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms.
Mr. Ali Al-Dailami reported that he was subjected to acts of torture and ill-treatments whilst in custody by the political security forces in Sana’a.
Although the authorities did not provide any official reason for his detention, Mr. Al-Dailami would have been told that he was arrested in order to be “given a lesson” because of his human rights activities. The political security forces would also have wanted him to admit that he was related to Al Qaeda. Mr. Al-Dailami was released without charges.
The Observatory welcomes the release of Mr. Ali Al-Dailami, and thanks all the persons, institutions and organisations who intervened in favour of his release.
On October 9, 2006, Mr. Ali Al-Dailami was arbitrarily arrested at the airport of Sana’a, the capital, by the Yemeni security forces, while he was heading to Copenhagen (Denmark), in order to participate in a conference organised by the Danish Institute for Human Rights about its programme of cooperation with some Yemeni NGOs.
Mr. Al-Dailami was detained incommunicado, the political security forces (al-Amn al-Seyasi) refusing to say where he is detained and the reasons for his arrest.
Please write to the Yemeni authorities urging them to:
Please also write to the diplomatic representations of the Republic of Yemen in your respective countries.
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Geneva-Paris, November 8, 2006
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The Observatory, a FIDH and OMCT venture, is dedicated to the protection of Human Rights Defenders and aims to offer them concrete support in their time of need.
The Observatory was the winner of the 1998 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic.
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