Yemen: Further Information: Four Arbitrarily Detained Baha’is Released

In August 2024, the Huthi de facto authorities released the four remaining detained Baha’i individuals Abdul’elah Muhammad al-Boni, Hassan Tariq Thabet al-Zakari, Muhammad Bashir Abdel Jalil and Ibrahim Ahmad Jo’eil after being arbitrarily detained for more than a year at the Huthi-run security and intelligence detention centre in Sana’a, Yemen. The Huthi armed forces arrested them along with 13 other Baha’i individuals, on 25 May 2023. They were subjected to enforced disappearance for around four months, and were held without charge and denied their right to legal counsel throughout their detention.

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