Yemen Monitor/Newsroom
The American Center for Justice (ACJ) has expressed deep condemnation of the detention by Al-Nasr Camp in Aden of a group of doctors coming from Sana’a, who were in Aden to retrieve medical equipment owned by a hospital in Sana’a that was in a warehouse in Aden after a dispute with the warehouse keeper was amicably resolved.
According to exclusive information obtained by the ACJ monitoring team, the detention took place on the evening of Friday, October 25, 2024. The list of detained doctors includes: Basim al-Amri, director of the Uni Max Hospital in Sana’a, Rami al-Shadhaili, Sami al-Absi, Samah al-Qadsi, and Riyad al-Iraqi.
The doctors were detained at Al-Nasr Camp, affiliated with the STC forces, without disclosing any details about their detention conditions or health status. The detaining party justified their actions by suspecting the doctors of being linked to the Houthi group, without any judicial order against them.
The center pointed out that this action constitutes a clear violation of national and international legal texts. The Yemeni Constitution and international laws criminalize the arrest or detention of individuals without a legal reason or judicial order. Article 48 of the Yemeni Constitution stipulates that no person may be arrested or detained except on the basis of an order issued by a competent legal authority, and Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantees the protection of individuals from arbitrary arrest, making this act a clear violation of international laws and norms related to the protection of human rights.
The ACJ called on the STC to immediately and unconditionally release the detained doctors and to cease all arbitrary measures against them. The center also calls on the authorities in Aden to respect the rights of individuals and protect them from arbitrary arrest in accordance with domestic and international laws.
It emphasized the importance of providing guarantees of a fair trial for anyone who is arrested or suspected, and ensuring that detention is not used as a means of exerting political pressure or discrimination.
