Internet activist Fawzi Ahmed Obaid was arbitrarily arrested on 7 September 2015, in the capital Sana’a, by an armed group affiliated with the Houthi group, who took him to an unknown location. His family tried to search for him with the security forces, including the Criminal Investigation Bureau, but to no avail.  Six months after his arrest, he called his family from a number belonging to the Security and Intelligence Service, informing them that he was being held by them, and that he did not know what charges were being brought against him, as the investigation had not yet begun.  In August 2016, Obaid’s family contacted officials in the Security and Intelligence Service, and after they hired a lawyer, they were given approval to visit him, but when they arrived at the service’s headquarters in Sana’a, the visit was cancelled, which left a bad psychological impact on them.  Since then, nearly 10 years of his detention, his family members, including his elderly mother, have not been allowed to visit him, despite orders issued by the Public Prosecution and the Specialised Criminal Court to allow them to do so. All of the family’s repeated requests submitted to the competent authorities to allow them to visit him or refer his case to court were met with refusal.  Some recently-released detainees have confirmed that Obaid is in a dungeon in an underground cell in a prison run by the Security and Intelligence Service in Sana’a. Local reports confirmed that the reason for his arrest was due to writings he published on his Facebook account, which were deleted after his arrest and the confiscation of his phone.