A/HRC/42/CRP.1 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. 308 56

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