A/HRC/WGEID/126/1 Yemen Urgent procedure 145. The Working Group announced in September 2019 that it would start documenting violations that were tantamount to enforced disappearances perpetrated by non-State actors.53 Under its standard procedure, it transmitted two cases tantamount to enforced disappearance allegedly perpetrated in territory controlled by the de facto authorities in Sana’a54 concerning: (a) Abdulmuain Hussein Ali Azan, who was allegedly abducted from his home located in Jiraf area, Al-Thawrah district, Sana’a, by armed men belonging to the Ansar Allah security forces and taken to an unknown location. (b) Muhammad al-Wazizah, who was allegedly abducted from his home, located in the Diplomatic Zone, Djibouti Street, Al-Hai As Syasi, At Tahrir district, Sana’a, by masked armed men belonging to the Ansar Allah security forces and taken to an unknown location. 146. Under its standard procedure, the Working Group transmitted one case to the de facto authorities in Sana’a concerning Abdul Khaleq Amran, allegedly abducted on 9 June 2015 by an armed group associated with the de facto authorities in Sana’a from a hotel in Sana’a. Joint allegation letter 147. On 5 November 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, an allegation letter concerning the alleged continued detention, physical assault and ill-treatment of four journalists currently held in a prisoner exchange facility in Sana’a.55 53 54 55 A/HRC/42/40, para. 94. The Working Group stresses that the cases addressed to the de facto authorities in Sana’a do not in any way imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any territory, city or area, or of its authorities. See OTH 250/2021. 23