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More than a year.. and they are still behind bars We extend an open invitation to all local and international organizations, civil society activists, humanitarian and human rights workers, and all segments of Yemeni society to participate in our campaign calling for the release of our colleagues who have been forcibly detained in Sana’a. More than a year has passed, and our fellow victims of arbitrary detention are still behind unknown bars, facing false and baseless accusations, and living an uncertain and unclear fate. A whole year of their lives has passed with no return; a year of isolation, oppression, injustice, and loss. Their days pass quickly, while their lives are being stolen without cause or compensation. Behind bars are families bleeding with pain — fathers and mothers, wives and husbands, and children waiting eagerly. They have knocked on all doors, official and unofficial, but with no answer. No clarification, no procedures granting them the right to know or to be reassured. Another year is devouring the detainees, their families, and their colleagues with grief. Charges were extracted under coercion — charges that tarnished their reputation as humanitarian workers and targeted their noble mission of serving Yemen and the Yemeni people. Enforced disappearance and unlawful arrests have stripped them of their most basic rights. Their health is deteriorating day by day — physically and psychologically — amid complete silence, gross neglect, and practices that violate their humanity. Today, more than a year later, the call remains the same: Release our arbitrarily detained colleagues.

 A community meeting titled” the horizon of post-conflict democratization” Samah Emdad This morning, at the PASS Foundation Hall, was held implemented by the Southern Feminist Coalition in partnership with the Noon Women's Coalition and PASS Peace Foundation for sustainable societies for one day in Aden governorate. The meeting opened with the reading of the Holy Koran of Al-Fateha Haddad on the spirit of the Palestine martyrs. They are deeply saddened by the bombings and violations against children and the Palestinian people.  In a speech, Ms. Bahia Hassan Al-Saqqaf, the chairwoman the Foundation (PASS) -Peace for Sustainable Societies welcomed all presents and introduce the Foundation as a voluntary institution founded on January 15, 2020 and made public on February 22, 2022 and has a ministerial license approved by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. The Foundation aims to contribute to the building of a modern    civic State, promote awareness and drive members of society towards sustainable development, see it as a coexisting society, sustainable development, consolidate the values and altitudes of civic action, respect diversity and promote sustainable development.  Ms. Aisha Taleb, the Southern Women's Coalition chairwoman, explained that the Coalition is a civil society organization that seeks to advance the role of Southern women, build their capacities and empower them in decision-making positions and build the peacemaking industry.  The meeting was moderated by facilitator Mr. Ali Al-Naki, a journalist and community activist on the democratization and phases concept. Noting that our Arab countries have immunity to change and transformations that they have gained because of the high illiteracy rate among their people and the swelling of the culture level of individual loyalties.  He reviewed the democratization stages, decision-making, consolidation of democratization, the democratic maturity stage, the difference between democratization and democracy, and the stage of transition to liberalism. He pointed out that liberalism is an affirmation of individuals and groups rights from abuse of power to liberalism enjoys greater freedom.  He emphasized that Liberalism was characterized by equality, freedom of belief and thought, and the State be neutral in economic and social rights.  He also addressed for the factors that affecting democratic transition, including internal factors, political culture, the economy, civil society, parties and external factors.  In the third axis, he also referred to two categories in the democratic transition mechanisms. the peaceful democratization where the process of democratization takes place without any recourse by external parties in the case of the external factor. Essential basic elections are the process of peaceful transition in free, fair and transparent elections, which it can truly express about the group of citizens to choose their representatives. He said about the non-peaceful that represent by using violence to initiate the process of democratization.  The community meeting was interspersed with many debates, interventions and the views presentation of in a moral atmosphere characterized by members of political parties and components, women's cadres and civil society organizations understanding.   At the end of the community meeting, the memorial photographs were taken.