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The case of Sheikh Anis Al-Jardami’s death is drawing wide attention as questions grow over the circumstances of his detention and the events leading up to the announcement of his death inside a Security Belt prison in the city of Aden, amid clear discrepancies between official accounts, the family’s statements, and activists’ testimonies.
Al-Jardami’s family confirms that he was detained from the early days without being allowed visits or communication, noting that his health deteriorated rapidly during his detention.
According to the family, they received information from inside the detention facility indicating that he had been subjected to harsh treatment and deprived of food. Signs of this began to appear during the only visit they were permitted, during which he appeared severely exhausted and struggled to speak.
The family says these indications were evidence that he had been subjected to serious violations, believing that these conditions directly contributed to his death.
They add that his arrest came in connection with posts deemed offensive to the President of the Southern Transitional Council, Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, according to activists’ accounts.
On the other hand, the Public Prosecution stated that an autopsy conducted on the body concluded that the death was “natural,” while tests from private laboratories—according to circulating leaks—showed the presence of toxic substances in the body, further fueling controversy.
Family members also said they were not informed in advance about the decision to conduct the autopsy or the procedures involved.
In a notable development, Saad Al-Jardami, the son of the deceased, gave a painful testimony about what he described as the “liquidation” of his father inside the Security Belt prison run by Jalal Al-Rubaie.
He said his father had been abducted without any legal basis or referral to the prosecution, and that no news of him surfaced until his body was found in a hospital in Aden.
Saad explained that he had returned from Saudi Arabia intending to visit his father, but the shock of his death reached him only hours before he arrived.
He added that he was not allowed to see his father’s body for a final farewell except after submitting a formal request to the Security Belt leadership.
He pointed out that the family has been pursuing the case for five months through the prosecution and judiciary, without receiving any official response or concrete steps, stressing that the entity that detained his father is known and not in dispute.
He concluded by saying that what the family is facing does not reflect the conduct of a state or judicial institutions, but rather practices resembling those of groups operating outside the law.
The case continues to spark widespread outrage and demands for an independent and transparent investigation to uncover what truly happened and who is responsible for Al-Jardami’s death, while the relevant security authorities remain silent to this moment.
