The administrative court postpone considering a case filed by HRAAP against the Ministry of Interior and the Yemeni Embassy to determine the destiny of the brigadier/ Ahmed Salem Ebaid, Yemeni Vice-Minister of Defense and the Ex-Minister of Information the to the session of Tuesday May 13^th, 2004 after he has disappeared in ambiguous circumstances in Egypt. That is according to the request of the administrative body with assigning the two sides to read in detail and comment on the case documents.

 

On March 31, 2004, HRAAP filed a case against the Ministry of Interior and the Yemeni Embassy to determine the destiny of the Brigadier Ahmed Salem Ebaid, Yemeni Vice-Minister of Defense and the Ex-Minister of Information, who has resided in Egypt since 1994 after the military conflicts between the two parts of Yemen before their unity, after he has disappeared in ambiguous circumstances in Egypt. The case was registered in 16247/58, of the individual's dispute circle, and today's session was set to begin considering the case.

 

The incident dates back to February 18, 2004, when the brother of Brigadier Ahmed Salem Ebaid received information from his brother that he cannot return to his residence that day because of uncertain circumstances. He was accompanied with a friend and did not show any other reasons for his action. His brother asked him for his phone number where he was speaking from and the address of his friend. But the disappeared did not answer him and ended the phone call without getting the wanted information. However, the aforementioned person disappeared for more than three days without knowing any information concerning his disappearance. His brother received another phone call from the disappeared and told him that he is staying with the “group” (this word is known within his family as the security authority) and asked his brother to mention the name of his medication- where he suffers from numerous diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes and glaucoma. By this time his brother was concerned and led him and his daughter to contact the Egyptian authorities informing them of his disappearance. Al-Dokky police station received the call of February 21, 2004, Case No. 1263/2004. He also reported to the Yemeni Embassy in Cairo but both of them did not give any information to determine his current location and status. On the other hand, some Egyptian, Yemeni and Saudi newspapers published news declaring that the disappearance was extradited to the Yemeni authorities considering him one of the Yemeni oppositions to be traded in exchange for Islamic prisoners wanted by the Egyptian government who reside in Yemen.

On March 7, 2004, the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan said that the Egyptian authority extradited the Brigadier Ahmed Salem Ebaid to Yemen, and said that the Yemeni Embassy in Cairo denied any accountability of knowing his whereabouts.

On the other hand, HRAAP submitted a complaint to the consultant of the Attorney General, the Brigadier, and the Minister of Interior as well as a letter to the Yemeni embassy to determine the destiny of the disappearance.

As a confirmation to the right of the disappeared family to know where he has disappeared to, HRAAP filed a case according to a proxy from the brother of the disappeared, requesting the Egyptian government, represented by the ministry of Interior and the Yemeni Embassy in Cairo, to determine the destiny of the disappeared. HRAAP relied on the obligations and commitments of both Egypt and Yemen to protect this person as well as the law and constitution, where they are responsible for what happens within the country of the disappearance. The brother of the disappeared submitted an official complaint to the Egyptian authorities requesting to know the fate of his brother, but they were not available to comment, especially their justifications entailing heavy efforts to protect this person of occupied high position in Yemen during the conflict, that is why he transferred to Egypt in 1994 for his protection. Mr. Ebaid is classified in Yemen as one of the outstanding figures of opposition to the current government. All these reasons oblige the Egyptian authority to take the necessary procedures and guarantee to protect him.

As for the Yemeni Embassy, they are responsible for any risks that may happen to them, and eliminate all handicaps and problems facing them that may degrade them, according to the humanitarian and international measurements. However, it did not exert anything in this respect. The Yemeni Embassy in Cairo is responsible for the disappearance of this person on the light of what is published in newspapers concerning extraditing his brother to the Yemeni authorities in return for extraditing Islamic prisoners wanted by the Egyptian government, and this opposes the international laws and charters, and specifically the international covenant for the civil and political rights.