The military court in Aden acquitted four out of five defendants in the horrific murder case of young Abdulmalik Al-Sanbani, which shook the conscience of Yemeni society. Not only that, but the court went on to convict the fifth defendant (Y.S.) of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced him to pay a fine of only 1.6 million Yemeni rials, equivalent to 2,000 dollars, and a one-year suspended prison sentence.

The court also ordered the so-called "Ninth Lightning Brigade" to pay 500,000 rials as attorney fees and deliver the belongings and possessions of the victim to the prosecution. This verdict not only represents a deliberate collusion to allow criminals to escape punishment, but it is also a shocking scandal and a blatant violation of international and Yemeni law, demonstrating the utmost disregard for justice.
Insan Organization considers this unjust verdict, lacking the minimum principles of achieving justice, as a crime in itself. Those responsible for it deliberately exempted the criminal from the consequences of his crime and inflicted a painful blow to the grieving family of the victim.

The assassination of the Yemeni youth Abdulmalik Anwar Al-Sanbani, upon his return from abroad and his interception by a military checkpoint affiliated with the so-called Transitional Council supported by the UAE, which controls the southern provinces, and his cold-blooded murder and the plundering of his belongings and money in such a brutal manner that shook the entire Yemeni society, would not have happened in the first place if the principle of judicial accountability had been activated from the beginning. This verdict is an open declaration to all armed groups in the southern regions to commit further massacres without fear of consequences.

Within the framework of Insan Organization for Rights and Freedoms monitoring of the case, they contacted the father of the victim, Anwar Ahmed Al-Sanbani, who stated: "Upon the instruction of the Attorney General in Aden to the head of the specialized criminal prosecution in the same province, the case was raised and its file was handed over. During the proceedings of the case before the specialized criminal court, a group of military court members threatened the chief judge, forcing him to hand over the case file to them, with their aim being to undermine the case and acquit the perpetrators."

Al-Sanbani added: "The military camp also refused to hand over the perpetrators from the beginning and kept the criminal evidence under their custody. They also refused to deliver the belongings and properties of the victim." The testimony of the victim's father concluded.

Among the fundamental principles and guidelines in international human rights law and international humanitarian law are the obligation to ensure accountability for perpetrators of violations, which applies to all equally, and which is overseen by an independent judiciary. It also requires effective, prompt, accurate, and impartial investigations, and taking appropriate legal measures against perpetrators of violations when necessary.

Access to judicial remedies and the possibility of accessing true justice independently and effectively is also necessary. Evading accountability means failure to bring human rights violators to justice, which in itself constitutes a denial of justice for the victims.