Staff member of Watch for Human Rights
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-157-003
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 15.552727
Longitude: 48.516388
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Yemen
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Gender unclear
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
of Watch for Human Rights, who has documented human rights violations, particularly in Taizz governorate, since 2015; The cases submitted to the GEE included documented violations against civilians, including cases of child sexual abuse and rape, as well as arbitrary detention of civilians in illegal prisons, and the issuing of arbitrary death sentences.
- Type of rights defended
- Children’s rights
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
Between October 2019 and March 2020, Mr. Al-Shawafi engaged with the GEE, and with the Security Council sanctions committee.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
- UN Security Council
- Dates of engagement
- Between October 2019 and March 2020
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- November 2019
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Taizz governorate
- Reprisal information
In November 2019, a staff member of the organization was kidnapped and tortured for more than ten days by unknown individuals reportedly affiliated with the de facto authorities. During his captivity, the staff member was questioned about the work of the organization and told to leave Taizz governorate.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Disappearance/Kidnapping
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Physical attack: Torture/Cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Non-state actor(s)
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0