OFSI sanctions listing
Sultan Saleh Aida Aida ZABIN
Sultan Saleh Aida Aida ZABIN is an individual designated on the HM Treasury — Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) (OFSI) sanctions list under the Yemen programme, listed on 26/02/2021. (1) Director, or General Manager, of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Sana’a based ministry of interior, in Sana’a, Yemen (2) Brigadier. This page summarises the public designation — known aliases, Yemen nationality, identifying particulars, the stated reason for listing and linked parties — alongside an independent, transparent risk indicator.
Reason for listing
(UK Sanctions List Ref):YEM0006. (UN Ref):YEi.006. Sultan Saleh Aida Aida Zabin has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security and stability of Yemen, including violations of applicable international humanitarian law and human rights abuses in Yemen. Zabin has played a prominent role in a policy of intimidation and use of systematic arrest, detention, torture, sexual violence and rape against politically active women. Zabin as director for CID is directly responsible for, or by virtue of his authority responsible for, and complicit in the use of multiple places of detention including house arrest, police stations, formal prisons and detention centres and undisclosed detention centres. In these sites, women, including at least one minor, were forcibly disappeared, repeatedly interrogated, raped, tortured, denied timely medical treatment and subjected to forced labour. Zabin himself directly inflicted torture in some cases.
Statement of reasons as published by UK OFSI. This is the issuing authority's wording, reproduced for reference.
Designation record
| List / authority | UK OFSI (OFSI) — Yemen |
|---|---|
| Entity type | Person |
| Programmes / regime | Yemen |
| Date listed | 26/02/2021 |
| Source record ID | ofsi:14064 |
| Last updated (our copy) | 2026-06-04 |
Identity & particulars
| Position / role | (1) Director, or General Manager, of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Sana’a based ministry of interior, in Sana’a, Yemen (2) Brigadier |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 05/02/1986 |
| Place of birth | Razih District, Sa'dah Governorate, Yemen |
| Nationality / country | Yemen |
| National ID(s) | (1) 10010095104 (2) 20432 |
| Address(es) | Sana'a · Yemen |
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Source & provenance
| Issuing authority | HM Treasury — Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | ofsi:14064 |
| Aggregated by | Sanctiometer (independent) — verify against the issuing authority's official list before acting. |