Security detains 35 in Taiz for anti-president calls

By Ghazi al-Samai

Taiz- Security authorities have arrested more than 35 young people due to their participation in peaceful demonstrations that swept Taiz yesterday and this morning, a number of detainees « families reported that the security bodies has raided their houses early this morning and arrested their sons. Also witnesses said some of the detainees were beaten and mistreated in police stations where they were captured. The detainees announced hunger strike in protest against the abuses they have suffered.

Accordingly a human rights committees was formed to follow up the status of detainees and work to release them, the committees include MPs, partisan leaders, media and political activists, representatives of human rights organizations and different unions. The committees are now working to establish communication with the security authorities and leaders of Taiz governorate in order to release these young people.

» HRITC have received an initial list of the detainees names:

1. Abdullah Abdul Kader Alaswadi

2. Salah Ali Noman

3. Motlak Abdul Galel

4. Esam Saeed Kolaib

5. Mohammed Soltan

6. Adel Alokaibi

7. Fuad Alshoibi

8. Mahmoud Alshoibi

9. Mojeeb Taha Saeed Almaktari

10. Abdul Kareem Alabsi

11. Mokbel Alfakeeh

12. Salah Abdul Noor Alshameri

13. Ali Naser Alasbahi

14. Abdullah Abdul Kareem

15. Wael Waleed Mohammed Saeed

16. Salah Mohammed Nagi

17. Salem Abdul Noor

18. Ala Taha Almaktari

19. Sufian Kaed Alameri

20. Nabeel Mohammed Nagi

21. Anas Ali Mohammed Alsageer

22. Ahmed Taha

« 23. Sameer Ghanem Faraa Alshaibani

24. Mosa Abdul Kareem Alsolwi

25. Abdul Gabar Abdo Ali

26. Ali Mohammed Hassan

27. Sobhi Ahmed Ali Saif Almekhlafi

28. Rami Abdo Ahmed

29. Salah Gara-Allah Aldobhani

30. Hassan Qaed Ahmed

31. Abdul Wahed Alsamey

32. Ali Mohammed Hassan

33. Abood Saif Saleh

34. Nazem Mohammed Qasem Aldobai

35. Ahmed Hassan Thabet Albahri

The committees confirmed that the Governor of Taiz and the head of security have ordered the release of detainees this afternoon and refer three people to the Public Prosecutor for further investigation.