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Yemen: Conflict in Yemen: Abyan's darkest hour
4 December 2012

For around 10 months leading up to mid-2012, Abyan governorate in southern Yemen was racked by armed conflict between government forces and Ansar al-Shari'a, an ...

Report       MDE 31/010/2012

Amnesty International | Yemen: Abyan conflict a human rights ' ...
4 December 2012

A raft of gross and deeply disturbing abuses committed by an al-Qa'ida affiliate and Yemeni government forces during their struggle for the control of the southern ...

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Yemen: Abyan conflict a human rights 'catastrophe' | Amnesty ...
4 December 2012

A new Amnesty International report says abuses committed by an al-Qa'ida affiliate and Yemeni government forces must be independently investigated.

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Yemen: Student political activist beaten, shot at: Abdul Raouf ...
29 November 2012

Student political activist Abdul Raouf Hassan Zain al-Saqqaf was severely beaten on 23 November and shot at two days later, in the southern city of Aden. Amnesty ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/015/2012

Yemen: Ensure accountability and remedy for human rights ...
26 September 2012

Yemen is at a critical juncture: either the authorities act now to end persistent human rights violations and address accountability for past violations, or Yemen ...

Document       MDE 31/014/2012

Yemen's future stability requires human rights action plan ...
25 September 2012

Yemen is on the brink of a human rights crisis unless the authorities act now to end persistent abuses in the country and address past violations.

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Yemen: Human rights agenda for change
25 September 2012

Today, Yemen is at critical juncture. Either it brings to an end the persistent human rights abuses and begins to tackle the problem of impunity for decades of ...

Report       MDE 31/012/2012

Yemen can no longer delay taking concrete steps to improve its ...
24 August 2012

In this statement, to the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council, Amnesty International urges the Yemeni authorities to define and implement a clear a human ...

Document       MDE 31/011/2012

Yemen: Two years on, journalist still behind bars after alleging ...
15 August 2012

A Yemeni journalist has spent two years behind bars after alleging US use of cluster bombs in Yemen.

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Amnesty International | Yemen: Two years on, journalist still ...
15 August 2012

The Yemeni authorities must set aside the conviction of a journalist imprisoned after he alleged US involvement in fatal air strikes in the country – including ...

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