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activists, who have been transferred to al-Mounawara Central Prison from al-Rayyan and
who have remained detained for up to three years without charge or trial. 307
236. The Group did not receive reports of ill-treatment or torture taking place at alMounawara. Regular visits and communication were allowed. Additionally the transfer of
some detainees from al-Rayyan to the official Government facility of al-Mounawara for
prosecution, of others back to local facilities, and the acceptance of some of the decisions
of the Public Prosecutor, are positive developments.
(e)
Martyrs Brigade camp, al-Hawtah and Azzan camps, and Belhaf coalition base,
Shabwah
237. The Shabwah Elite Forces control detention facilities in the Martyrs Brigade camp
in Ataq308, and in al-Hawtah Camp 5 km north of Azzan309. They have also used other ad
hoc locations for detention, including Camp Seven-One located near Azzan. The Martyrs
Brigade Camp is the Headquarters of the Shabwah Elite, and the al-Hawtah Camp is their
headquarters for the southeast districts of Shabwah. In all cases investigated by or reported
to the Group, the Shabwah Elite conducted the arrests and were the guards at these
facilities. In Shabwah, there is also a detention facility at the Belhaf coalition base
controlled by the United Arab Emirates.310
238. The Martyrs Brigade Camp is a repurposed former college. Detainees there were
held in a one-story building at the outskirts of the college and in a nearby metal tank. Five
to seven detainees were kept per room, in multiple rooms.311 The number of detainees at
Martyrs-Camp and Azzan camps is unknown. In 2019, one detainee was kept at Azzan alHawtah Camp in a metal container and saw other detainees nearby.312
239. Detainees were arrested by the Shabwah Elite and taken to these camps where they
remained for up to two weeks, before either release, death in custody, or transfer to the
Belhaf coalition base, al-Mukalla Central Prison, or facilities in Aden.313 Transferred
detainees were disappeared for long periods in detention for between a year and a half and
two years.314 In all cases, they were kept incommunicado, and without formal charge or
legal proceedings. Detainees included those who had publicly criticised the United Arab
Emirates and the Southern Transitional Council, those with perceived links to Qatar, and
others based on local grievances with the Shabwah Elite. Detainees were tortured inside
and outside Shabwah Elite camps through beatings with cables and guns, and burning, and
in two cases, detainees died after being tortured and sustaining serious injuries in
detention.315
(f)
Al-Tin detention facility, Seiyoun
240. Al-Tin detention facility is a small secret facility located to the south of Seiyoun city
within the Yemeni armed forces headquarters for the First Military District. 316 It is 50
metres to the east of the much larger Military Prison, which is also located within the First
Military District headquarters.317 Al-Tin was previously an old prison before being
abandoned in 2006 in favour of the Military Prison. In 2016, Saudi Arabia re-established
the al-Tin detention facility and later a wall was constructed separating it from the Military
Prison.318 These facilities fall within the northern half of the governorate of Hadramaut, an
307
Confidential Sources on File.
Located at14.523733, 46.828889
309 Located at 14.347418, 47.430408
310 Confidential Sources on File.
311 Confidential Sources on File.
312 Confidential Sources on File.
313 Confidential Sources on File.
314 Confidential Sources on File.
315 Confidential Sources on File.
316 Located at 15°56'53.2"N, 48°48'47.4"E
317 Confidential Sources on File.
318 Confidential Sources on File.
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