NYR | Human Rights Watch | Yemen: State Security Forces Torture Victim Denied Justice Yemeni authorities should immediately order an impartial investigation into the alleged torture of a detainee and his mistreatment after release. Ibrahim Ali Nassan al-Sanbare, 22, alleged that he was severely beaten by state security forces while in custody. He was held without charge from August 25 to September 8, 2013, and then prevented from seeking redress for his injuries. Al-Sanbare told Human Rights Watch that after he had a dispute with paramilitary Central Security Forces officers on August 25, they beat him severely, breaking his arm. The officers then transferred him to a jail, where they shackled his arms and legs but did not treat his injuries. After his release, the police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) intervened with three public hospitals and a private hospital where he sought treatment for his injuries to keep him from getting a medical examination record of his condition. The case raises both the serious problem of torture in Yemeni detention centers and the government’s efforts to block redress for victims of abuse. “Trying to stop a victim of police torture from getting medical treatment takes cruelty to new levels,” said Joe Stork, acting Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “The government needs to investigate what happened to Ibrahim al-Sanbare at the hands of its security forces and make sure that anyone responsible for mistreatment is punished.” Al-Sanbare, a student who drives a taxi in Sanaa, the capital, during the summer, told Human Rights Watch that he was arrested after he got into a dispute over a fare with a member of the Central Security Forces, a paramilitary force under the control of the Interior Ministry. Members of the unit then accused him of trying to detonate a grenade at the nearby Yemeni-American Language Institute. About a dozen officers took him into a container unit they use while on duty outside the school, he said, and hit him with their fists, gun butts, and sticks over a period of several hours, breaking his arm. *3#Yemen#yf https://hrw.org/news/2013/09/12/yemen-state-security-forces-torture-victim-denied-justice
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:08:42 +0000
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