Mwatana for Human Rights stated that it provided legal assistance, through its field team of female and male lawyers, to 430 victims who were subjected to arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture, and contributed to the release of 34 of them during August 2025.
Mwatana provided legal support to civilian victims held by the following parties: 225 victims by Ansar Allah (the Houthis), 116 victims by forces of the internationally recognized government, 75 victims by the Southern Transitional Council, and 14 victims by coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The victims were distributed in varying numbers across several governorates, with Taiz recording the highest number (68 victims), followed by Amanat Al Asimah (Capital Secretariat) (58 victims), Aden (54 victims), Hadramawt (44 victims), Marib (30 victims), Hajjah (29 victims), Lahj (20 victims), Al Hudaydah (19 victims), Ibb (18 victims), Shabwah (16 victims), Al-Dhale’e (14 victims), Abyan and Dhamar (12 victims each), Sana’a (11 victims), Amranand Al Bayda (9 victims each), Sa’dah, Al Mahwit, and Al Jawf (2 victims each), and one victim in the Yemeni–Saudi border areas.
During August 2025, Mwatana for Human Rights documented 85 new incidents of violations involving arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture. Ansar Allah (the Houthis) bear responsibility for 62 incidents of violations, forces of the internationally recognized government for 15 incidents, and Southern Transitional Council forces for 8 incidents.
It is worth noting that Mwatana for Human Rights provides legal assistance through a network of female and male lawyers across various regions of Yemen to victims of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture perpetrated by different parties. The organization undertakes its efforts either in coordination with the victims’ families or on their behalf, following thorough documentation of all information related to the victim and the incident, and based on informed consent from the victims or their families.
The efforts of Mwatana’s Legal Support Team focus on ensuring procedural justice for all individuals who come into contact with law enforcement authorities, or those detained by armed formations that have become de facto authorities, with the aim of guaranteeing their full enjoyment of rights from the moment of arrest, through investigation and defense, the place and conditions of detention, and through to trial.
