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231. Unofficial Security Belt facilities that continued to operate as of the time of writing
include: the Counter Terrorism Unit Facility at Waddah Dance Hall in al-Towaihi; the
Residence of Major General Shallal Ali Shaye at Goldmohr in al-Towaihi; the Security
Directorate and CID at Khor Maksar; the First Brigade Security Belt Camp at al-Jala’a in
al-Bureiqa district; and Camp 20 in Craiter.296 The Security Belt 7th October Camp Facility
at Zinjibar in Abyan also continues to operate.297 Other facilities that had not been
previously reported upon by the Group include the Officer’s Club at Workers Island in
Khor Maksar298 and the Fifth Brigade Camp at al-Habalein in Lahij.299
232. In these facilities, torture and ill-treatment were used against detainees during 20182019.300 As a result of torture, one detainee was made blind, another died, and others
contracted diseases.301 In some cases, detainees were released after they had been tortured.
In others, they were transferred to Bureiqa or Bir Ahmed II. 302
“Every day there was a random routine of torture. They electrocuted us,
doused us with cold water, made us crawl through the dirt naked with rocks
on our back, hung us by our arms and legs, and blindfolded us in mock
executions where they told us we were about to die.”
Adult male victim of disappearance and torture303
(d) Al-Rayyan and
governorate
Al-Mounawara
detention
facilities,
al-Mukalla,
Hadramaut
233. Al-Rayyan detention facility is located within the United Arab Emirates al-Rayyan
Airbase, 30km east of al-Mukalla city. Al-Mukalla city is situated in the southern half of
Hadramaut governorate, an area that is almost entirely under United Arab Emirates and
Hadrami Elite control. The most recent primary evidence of detention obtained by the
Group indicates that al-Rayyan facility was still operational as of August 2018. At that
point, there were still detainees present, some of whom had been there for a year and eight
months without charges.304 There are also reports of detainees present and others who have
been disappeared there as recently as the end of 2018 for which the Group had not
completed its investigations at the time of writing.
234. Al-Mounawara Central Prison is located in al-Mukalla city, Hadramaut governorate.
The facility was opened in November 2017. The Hadramaut Governor and Director of
Security, manages both the UAE-backed Hadrami Elite and al-Mounawara Central
Prison.305 Prior to May 2018, witnesses reported that United Arab Emirates forces retained
some control over the facility. The fact that in 2019, detainees remained at the facility even
after their release had been ordered by the Public Prosecutor, in some cases over a year
later, supports the reports that the facility is not fully under the control of the Government
of Yemen. Considering the influence of the United Arab Emirates over those in control of
the facility, the Group believes that it continues to retain some element of control over the
facility.306
235. In April 2019, the Hadrami Elite continued to detain individuals arbitrarily,
including some boys as young as 16 years old perceived to be opposed to the United Arab
Emirates. Reportedly, there are up to 120 detainees present including human rights
296
Confidential Sources on File.
Confidential Sources on File.
298 Confidential Sources on File.
299 Confidential Sources on File.
300 Confidential Sources on File.
301 Confidential Sources on File.
302 Confidential Sources on File.
303 Confidential Sources on File.
304 Confidential Sources on File.
305 Confidential Sources on File.
306 Confidential Sources on File.
297
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