The drama of a Yemeni model: she has been detained for 3 months and will be subjected to a virginity test

A young model from Yemen kidnapped for three months, accused of drug consumption and prostitution, will be subjected to a virginity test. The prosecution, for its part, prevented the woman’s lawyer from accessing her file despite repeated requests.

It is Intisar al Hammadi, 20, who has regularly appeared in photos on the internet without a veil, where she “defies Yemen’s strict social norms.” She wasn’t just detained for Houthi rebels, who control a large part of the country, but also confess to various crimes, including drug possession and prostitution, ”according to Amnesty International.

“Yemen’s de facto Houthi authorities must immediately end any plans to subject Intisar al-Hammadi to forced virginity tests. Authorities punish her for defying social norms in society deeply patriarchal Yemen, which reinforces discrimination against women, said Lynn maalouf, Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.

Young Intisar al-Hammadi was arrested after security forces stopped the car she was traveling in at a checkpoint in Chamlan, Saná. Agents claim to have found cannabis in the possession of one of the passengers.

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After this event, she was transferred to the Chamlan police station and eventually taken to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Sana’a Governorate, where she was detained. for 10 days. During this time, she had no communication and was subjected to repeated interrogations where she should have been. blindfolded.

She expressed, both to the prosecutor and to her lawyer, that the they forced sign a previously written statement, with her fingerprints blindfolded, which would be her “confession” admitting that she is involved in drug crimes.

According to her lawyer, during the young woman’s detention, the security forces woke her up in the middle of the night and they took her to several houses, asking her if she worked there as a prostitute.