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Yemen Human Rights

Human Rights Concerns

Scores of people were reportedly arrested in August and September 2007 following two protests in Liberty Square, in central Aden and al-Mukalla in South-east Yemen, staged by retired soldiers. All the detainees later were released during September to November 2007 without any charges.

Amnesty International has longstanding concerns about the use of the death penalty in Yemen, particularly as death sentences are often passed after proceedings which fall short of international standards for fair trial. Although the Yemeni penal code expressly prohibits the execution of anyone under 18, AI continues to receive reports of death sentences passed on children. 

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Latest News

USA: Who are the Guantánamo detainees?
May 01, 2008

Former detainee reveals details of secret CIA program
March 14, 2008

Yemen: Amnesty International deeply concerned by death in detention
October 01, 2007

Yemen: Urgent appeal to halt execution of child offender this Saturday
August 09, 2007

Yemen: Amnesty International condemns killing of civilians
July 03, 2007

Yemen: Amnesty International urges Yemen to complete the ratification of the Rome Statute
March 27, 2007

Latest Reports

Vital UN human rights work under threat
May 09, 2007

Amnesty International Magazine article: Dirty Secrets in the War on Terror
September 06, 2006

United States of America / Yemen: Secret Detention in CIA Black Sites
November 07, 2005

Yemen: Testimony of the 'disappeared' in the 'war on terror'. Action sheet 3 - Yemeni Authorities
July 31, 2005

Take Action: Ordered Released But Still Detained

Yemeni national Mohammed Mohammed Hassan Odaini remains detained in Guantánamo despite being cleared for release over 2 years ago. Odaini was detained in March 2002 along with several other Yemeni nationals, and sent to the detention camp at the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  To learn more and take action click here.


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