A/HRC/42/CRP.1 facilitate rapid an unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief. This obligation is also violated as the de facto authorities have prevented access for humanitarian organisations to conduct needs assessments. There are also reasonable grounds to believe that the rights to food and water, as well as to healthcare have not been respected by the de facto authorities. (See chapter on violations related to the humanitarian situation, section on access restrictions for more details). (e) Arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances, and torture “One of my brothers is abducted, another was killed. My eldest sons were lost for two months. We fled in different directions, not knowing where they went”. Displaced man from Abbaysah 470. Evidence collected by the Group of Experts indicates that during and following the hostilities in Hajour, there were widespread arrests of men from the area, 752 who were reportedly detained by the Houthis at checkpoints and from hospitals, 753 including in one case from a hospital in Sana’a.754 According to families and sources from the region, many of those arrested without any grounds were held in Hajjah, in what used to be the Political Security facility that has been since turned into an unofficial detention place by the Houthis.755 Others were reportedly detained in Sana’a or in Amran.756 Some families told the Group of Experts that some of the disappeared had taken part in the armed confrontations with the Houthis, while others were civilians who had either attempted to flee, or were taken from their homes, from checkpoints on their way out of the area, or taken from hospital by Houthi armed men. 471. A witness told the Group of Experts how his relative was taken from hospital by the Houthis and disappeared after he had been injured while “defending their home like some other young men had done.”757 Another individual, a civilian who was stranded in an area called Naham al-Gharb, an area where the Group received reports of 71 men being disappeared,758 reportedly went to the local governor when the restrictions increased to seek advice, because he feared the Houthis would target him since he was from Abbaysah. The man was reportedly handed over to the Houthis and sent to the political security detention facility in Hajjah. He has since disappeared.759 472. The Group of Experts received information760 from various sources alleging that up to 294 individuals (male), including two boys and at least 240 civilians have disappeared at the hands of the Houthis in Hajour since January 2019. Their fate and location reportedly remained unknown. 473. The Group of Experts investigated761 two cases of reported deaths in detention of men from Hajour since the onset of the conflict in January 2019. Reportedly, one of the men was a teacher who was arrested by Houthi armed men at a checkpoint while travelling to reach his family.762 The Group of Experts has reasonable grounds to believe that he died in detention. The Group could not verify the allegations of torture nor ascertain the circumstances of his death, though he reportedly bore marks of torture on his hands, head and neck.763 The second man was reportedly taken from hospital by the Houthis, after he was injured by shrapnel. According to sources, he had not taken part in the armed 752 Confidential Sources on File. Confidential Sources on File. 754 Confidential Sources on File. 755 Confidential Sources on File. 756 Confidential Sources on File. 757 Confidential Sources on File. 758 Confidential Sources on File. 759 Confidential Sources on File. 760 Confidential Sources on File. 761 Confidential Sources on File. 762 Confidential Sources on File. 763 Confidential Sources on File. 753 117