Articles for Yemen

Yemen: High-profile Journalist Haider Shaye Released after 3 Years of Detention and Torture

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Yesterday afternoon, on 23 July 2013, around 5 pm local time, Yemeni investigative journalist Abdulillah Haydar Shaye was released from the Political Security Prison in Sanaa following a presidential amnesty. Detained arbitrarily for 3 years, he was subjected to torture, mistreatments and an unfair trial.
24 Jul 2013
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Yemen: Alkarama UPR Report Highlights Ongoing Violations despite Transition

Despite significant undertakings by several ministries in Yemen, a number of serious human rights violations continue in the country, Alkarama's most recent report on Yemen said.
17 Jul 2013
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"Drones War in Yemen": Report presented to UN experts

Mohammed Al-Ahmady, Alkarama's representative in YemenAlkarama and Hood presented a report containing information on ten U.S.
01 Jul 2013
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Yemen: American and Yemeni activists protest together against drone attacks and indefinite detention in Guantanamo

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Yesterday, 17 June 2013, Yemeni and American activists organized a sit-in in front of the American embassy in Sanaa to protest against drone attacks in the context of American counter-terrorism policy, and to denounce the inability of the Obama administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
18 Jun 2013
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Yemen/USA: Investigate execution of four civilians in US airstrike on Wussab

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On 17 April 2013 at 8.30 pm, two violent explosions from missiles fired by U.S. drones were heard in the village of Midhlib, Dhamar district, 150 km south of Sana'a. Four Yemeni civilians aged between 20 and 40, traveling in a 4x4 vehicle, were killed.
11 Jun 2013
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Yemen : Release of 17 Young 'Revolutionaries' Arrested following the Attack against former President Saleh

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Seventeen young 'revolutionaries' were finally released from Sanaa central prison yesterday morning following 3 weeks of hunger strike which they undertook in protest at their almost 2-year arbitrary detention.
07 Jun 2013
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Yemen/ USA: End use of 'targeted killings' in Yemen, investigate civilian deaths

As US President Barack Obama prepares to give a long awaited speech tomorrow regarding his administration's counter-terrorism policies, Alkarama and the Yemeni based NGO "HOOD" today submitted to two UN experts detailed information from investigations the organizations carried out into the US strike, an attempted 'targeted assassination', in Radaa on 2 September 2012 resulting in the death of twelve civilians.

22 May 2013
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Yemen: Al Haudali Family Fears Retaliation From Saudis for Participation in Documentary

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The Al Haudali family, of Yemeni origin but based in Saudi Arabia for the past 50 years, have informed Alkarama that they had been threatened and harassed by the Saudi authorities since a documentary film aired recently on the satellite channel "Al Asr" talkin

03 May 2013
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Yemen: Palestinian refugee family continues to be subjected to abuses following forced deportation from Saudi Arabia

The suffering of a family of Palestinian refugees continues after being forcibly deported from Taif, Saudi Arabia to Yemen in 2007. All the members of Al-Hadad family were recently detained by Yemeni security forces and then taken to Sana'a central Prison without any legal proceedings.
02 Jan 2013
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Yemen: Authorities Arrest 6 Citizens Released by the Iraqi Authorities Days Earlier

Yemeni security forces at Sana'a international airport arrested six citizens upon their arrival from Iraq at midnight on 14 October 2012.
29 Oct 2012
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