Mwatana for Human Rights stated that it provided legal support, through its field lawyers, to 451 victims who experienced arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture. The organization successfully contributed to the release of 43 of these victims during March 2026.
Mwatana for Human Rights provided legal support through its field lawyers to civilian victims during March 2026 across various parties, as follows:
These victims were held across several governorates in varying numbers, with the highest concentration in:
- Ta’iz (71 victims)
- Sana'a City (60 victims)
- Hadramawt (55 victims)
- Aden (46 victims).
- Ma'rib (31victims)
- Hajjah (25 victims)
- Shabwah and Lahj (22 victims each)
- Al-Dali, Ibb and Abyan (19 victims each).
- Al-Hodeidah (16 victims).
- Sana'a (11 victims).
- Dhamar (10 victims).
- Al-Bayda (8 victims)
- Amran (5 victims each)
- Al-Mahwit (4 victims)
- Sa’dah and Al- Jawf (3 victims each).
- Al-Maharah and Yemeni-Saudi border (one victim each)
During March 2026, Mwatana for Human Rights documented 52 new incidents of violations related to arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture, with responsibility attributed as follows:
Mwatana for Human Rights provides legal assistance through a network of male and female lawyers in various regions of Yemen for victims of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture, targeting individuals by different parties.
Mwatana's efforts proceed alongside the families of victims or on their behalf, after meticulous documentation of all information related to the victim and the incident, based on informed consent from the victims or their relatives.
The legal support team at Mwatana focuses on ensuring procedural justice for all individuals who come into contact with law enforcement agencies or those detained by armed groups that have become de facto authorities. This is aimed at ensuring that they enjoy all their rights from the moment of detention, through the investigation and defense phases, their detention conditions, and ultimately during the trial.
