Jemen
The Public Prosecution in Yemen has commenced the implementation of directives issued by the Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, mandating the closure of prisons and illegal detention centers in provinces liberated from the Houthis, and the release of detainees held outside the legal framework.
A judicial source stated that the Attorney General, Judge Qaher Mustafa, has ordered urgent measures to identify and close all illegal detention sites. This action is based on a memorandum issued by the Minister of Justice, Judge Badr Al-Ardah, which included instructions to implement the binding presidential directives requiring full coordination between security and military agencies and the judicial authority.
Previously, the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council had issued directives to close all secret prisons and illegal detention centers in provinces under the control of the Yemeni government and to immediately release detainees held outside the legal framework. According to the official Yemeni News Agency, President Al-Alimi tasked the security and military agencies, in coordination with the Public Prosecution and the Ministry of Justice, with identifying the locations of illegal detention facilities in the provinces of Aden, Lahj, and Al-Dhale’ and formulating an urgent plan for their closure.
The presidential directives affirmed ensuring the transfer of any detainees to official, legally compliant facilities or their immediate release if no legal charges are substantiated against them, within the framework of strengthening the rule of law and protecting public rights and freedoms.
