A/HRC/WGEID/125/1
Information from the Government
156. On 29 July 2021, the Government of Colombia transmitted information concerning
two cases involving nationals of Colombia allegedly disappeared in the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela, but the information was considered insufficient to clarify the cases.
Yemen
Standard procedure
157. The Working Group announced in September 2019 that it would start documenting
violations tantamount to enforced or involuntary disappearance allegedly perpetrated by nonState actors.48 Under its standard procedure, it therefore transmitted four cases tantamount to
enforced disappearance allegedly perpetrated in territory controlled by the de facto
authorities in Sana’a49 concerning:
(a)
Omar Muhammed Ali al Qiyam al Sherif, who was allegedly abducted on 2
January 2016 by members of an armed group associated with the de facto authorities in
Sana’a, during a raid on his home in Al Hudaydah;
(b)
Yasser Muhammad Ali Ibrahim Juneyd, who was allegedly abducted on 20
February 2017 by an armed group associated with the de facto authorities in Sana’a, during
a raid on his home in Al Saada;
(c)
Ghazali Ali Hassan Abd Abdallah Muhedbi, who was allegedly abducted on
15 October 2015 by an armed group associated with the de facto authorities in Sana’a in Al
Hudaydah;
(d)
Tareq Ahmed Said Mohammed Khaleq, who was allegedly abducted on 18
March 2016 by an armed militia associated with the de facto authorities in Sana’a, during a
raid on his home in Al Qamariyah village.
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49
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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.