PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 31/028/2007

04 December 2007

Further Information on UA 198/07 (MDE 31/009/2007, 3 August 2007) and follow-ups (MDE 31/014/2007, 13 August 2007; MDE 31/017/2007, 04 September 2007; MDE 31/020/2007, 01 October 2007) - Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture/Medical concern

YEMEN Brigadier Nasser al-Nouba (m), aged in his 50s

Nasser al-‘Awlaqi (m), aged about 40

‘Abbas al-‘Assal (m), aged 42

Ahmed ‘Omar bin Farid (m)

Ahmed al-Qama’a (m)

Hassan Ba’oom (m)

Fadi Ba’oom (m), son of Hassan Ba'oom

Mohsin al-Yazidi (m)

Saleh Sa’id Obran (m)

Amnesty International has learnt that Brigadier Nasser al-Nouba and Hassan Ba’oom were released without charge on 29 November. Brigadier Nasser al-Nouba was arrested after taking part in a protest by retired soldiers in Liberty Square, in central Aden, on 1 September. Hassan Ba’oom was arrested on 1 September following a related protest in the city of al-Mukalla in south-east Yemen. Scores of others who were arrested with the two men were also released during September and October 2007.

The health of Brigadier Nasser al-Nouba and Hassan Ba’oom is said to have improved following access to medical facilities.

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