Human rights activist call for release of Sa'ada detainees (Local).SANA'A, Aug. 19 -- Warning about the results of crimes against humanity, beginning documentation of violations, arranging a group visit to the Political Security Prison and continuing to pressure the Yemeni government to release all detainees were all actions discussed at a symposium regarding Sa'ada war detainees. Arranged by Yemeni Organization to Defend Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms, the Changing Organization, Yemen Observatory observatory, scientific facility especially equipped to detect and record naturally occurring scientific phenomena. Although geological and meteorological observatories exist, the term is generally applied to astronomical observatories. for Human Rights, Arab Sisters Forum for Human Rights and Hiwar Forum, as well as several families of Sa'ada detainees, the symposium was held at the Yemen Times The Yemen Times is unified Yemen's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper. The paper is published twice-weekly (on Mondays and Thursdays) and has its own printing press, advertising associates and news service. office on Tuesday, attended by a number of detainees' families, journalists, human rights activists, politicians and Member of Parliament Sultan SULTAN. The title of the Turkish sovereign and other Mahometan princes. Al-Samae'. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Yemeni Organization to Defend Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms, nearly 135 people have been detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: , 26 of whom disappeared arbitrarily after armed conflict between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels in Sa'ada and Bani Hushaish ended. The organization distributed a list of 56 names of those alleged to have "arbitrarily disappeared" in Sana'a, demanding the immediate release of those detainees who haven't been charged and revealing their location. The organization maintains that many were seized after the conflict was called off by President Ali Abdullah Saleh Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: علي عبد الله صالح), born March 21, 1942, is the current President of Yemen. on Aug. 7. Sami Ghalib, editor-in-chief of Al-Nida'a opposition newspaper, criticized opposition parties' weak rule regarding such detainees. He also condemned security forces' charging of those belonging to the Zaidi sect of Islam. "Arresting on the basis of ethnic and sectarian sec·tar·i·an adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect. 2. Adhering or confined to the dogmatic limits of a sect or denomination; partisan. 3. Narrow-minded; parochial. n. 1. characteristics is a serious phenomenon," noted Mohammed Al-Maqtari, executive director of the Yemen Observatory for Human Rights. He alleges that such arrests occurred after the announced ceasefire of the Sa'ada War, which violates Yemeni law and the Constitution, as well as international agreements Yemen has signed. Al-Maqtari added, "Political Security and National Security prisons are not under the authority of Yemeni judicial organizations, so no one can penalize pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. them." Amal Al-Basha, head of the Arab Sisters Forum for Human Rights, criticized the Yemeni government's carelessness regarding political detainees' issues at a time of continued talk about democracy and freedom. She mentioned Sudan as an example of the result of such crimes against humanity. Al-Maqtari urged all other human rights activists and NGOs, as well as international organizations, to support the Sa'ada detainees' families and pressure the Yemeni government to release them.... Copyright Yemen Times. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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