Yemen

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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Juveniles and the death penalty: executions worldwide since 1985
29 August 1995

Since 1985, eight countries have executed juvenile offenders - those sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were under 18 - even though international ...

Report       ACT 50/005/1995

Yemen: Further information on fear of torture / legal concern ...
13 August 1995

According to press reports security forces at Aden International Airport arrested a group of Yemeni passengers on 9 August. They were reportedly in possession of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/003/1995

Yemen: Fear of torture / legal concern: Mubarak Salih al-Zaydi and ...
8 August 1995

Mubarak Salih al-Zaydi, aged about 16, was taken from his home in Sana'a by members of the al-Amn al-Siyassi (Political Security). He and others arrested with him ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/002/1995

Amnesty International News, December 1994. Vol.24, No.12.
1 December 1994

1. Algeria: Thousands brutally killed during state of emergency. 2. Yemen: Prisoners released. 3. Indonesia / East Timor: World spotlight turned on human rights ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/012/1994

Amnesty International News, October 1994. Vol. 14, No.10.
30 September 1994

1. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Ethnic Albanians suffer violent attacks by police in Kosovo; 2. Thailand: Refugees face detention, fines and deportation; 3. ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/010/1994

Further information on UA 290/94 (MDE 31/04/94, 4 August) - Yemen ...
26 September 1994

All those named above, plus at least six others, have been executed over the past month. They had all been convicted of premeditated murder. There is grave concern ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/010/1994

Further information on UA 305/94 (MDE 31/05/94, 17 August) - Yemen ...
22 September 1994

'Ali Muhammad Qassim al-Mefalhi was released on 18 September 1994.

Urgent Action       MDE 31/009/1994

Yemen: Human rights concerns following recent armed conflict
31 August 1994

This report is based on the findings of an AI delegation which visited Yemen in July 1994 to research allegations of human rights abuses reported to have been ...

Report       MDE 31/006/1994

Amnesty International News Service 199/94
25 August 1994

1. USA: New crime bill criticized for expansion of federal death penalty; 2. Togo: New government fails to put human rights on its agenda; 3. Yemen: Human rights ...

Report       NWS 11/199/1994

UA 305/94 - Yemen: fear of "disappearance": 'Ali Muhammad Qassim ...
16 August 1994

'Ali Muhammad Qassim al-Mefalhi was arrested by Political Security forces on 15 August 1994 in Ta'iz and has since been held in incommunicado detention at an unknown ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/005/1994