A joint report launched by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Research and the Abductees Moms Affiliation alleges {that a} former civic corridor in Aden has been working as a covert detention website run by southern Yemeni safety forces. The report paperwork enforced disappearances, torture, and denial of medical care over a number of years.
The ability, generally known as Waddah Corridor and situated within the Gold Moor space of Al-Tawahi District, sits inside a counterterrorism compound close to the Southern Transitional Council’s (STC) safety headquarters. In response to the report, the positioning is a part of a broader community of unofficial prisons whose existence authorities lengthy denied and solely just lately started to acknowledge amid political tensions between the STC and the internationally acknowledged authorities.
Researchers mentioned the findings are primarily based on 30 interviews and data detailing at the very least 18 circumstances of enforced disappearance, some courting again to 2016. Households described masked gunmen seizing kinfolk with out warrants and issuing threats when inquiries have been made.
Former detainees recounted suspension, electrocution, suffocation, and compelled confessions. Testimonies additionally described solitary confinement in cramped, unsanitary cells, insufficient meals and water, and blocked entry to medical therapy, resulting in extreme well being deterioration.
The report hyperlinks the operation of the positioning to safety models backed, educated, and funded by the United Arab Emirates below counterterrorism frameworks and working largely by the STC.
It argues this association created detention practices outdoors judicial oversight and contributed to overlapping authority buildings in southern cities, the place STC-aligned forces and people loyal to the internationally acknowledged authorities compete for management with help from rival regional backers.
The report notes that abuses have occurred in areas managed by a number of actors and warns towards politicizing accountability. It cites a January 2026 announcement by President Rashad Al-Alimi ordering the closure of unofficial prisons and requires clear implementation, disclosure of detainees’ whereabouts, and unbiased investigations.
