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| Yemen arrests activist in pro-Tunisia revolt demos |
| 2011-01-24 |
| [Emirates 24/7] Yemeni police have jugged a female press freedom activist known to have been involved in pro-Tunisia revolt protests, rights activists, her family and a security official said on Sunday. Tawakel Karman, who heads the rights group Women Journalists Without Chains, was stopped by plain-clothes police in a main street as she was heading home with her husband, according to rights activists who declined to be identified. The reason for her arrest was unclear, but she is being held in Sanaa's main prison, according to her family. A security official said the arrest stemmed from a warrant issued by prosecutors, without specifying. Karman, a member of the central committee of the Islamist Al-Islah (Reform) party, has been involved in Sanaa demonstrations in support of a popular revolt in Tunisia that have been marked by calls for political change in Yemen. On Saturday, hundreds of Sanaa University students held duelling protests on campus, with some calling for Yemeni President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down and others for him to remain in office. Saleh, who has been in power for decades, was re-elected in September 2006 for a seven-year mandate. A draft amendment of the constitution, under discussion in parliament despite opposition protests, could further stretch his tenure by allowing a life-long mandate. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION DAILY TIMES.PK > SOUTH SUDAN SECESSION A RISKY PRECEDENT FOR ARABS [Arab-Muslim World]. Besides the Tunisian "Jasmine/Jasmin" Riots + related, HISTOR MUSLIM GOVTS SHOWED NO TOLERANCE FOR ANY FORM OF SEPARATISM, i.e. breakway from MUSLIM-CENTRIC DOMINATION + CONTROL, even as most rcently as the Cold War, post-9-11 GWOT + now the Hezbollah troubles in LEBANON. * DEBKA > ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS STAND ASIDE FOR POPULAR UPRISINGS. * TOPIX > AFRICA: DETHRONING "KING COAL" FROM WEST VIRGINA [USA] TO DURBAN. "Greenwashing". D *** NG IT, "GREEN" ENVIRONMENTALISM + COAL-BASED "GREEN TECHS" IS JUST TOO LABOR-INTENSIVE/ABUSIVE, TOO COST(S)-PROHIBITIVE, TOO ENERGY. MARKETS-INEFFICIENT, CAUSES WOMEN + KIDDIES + GOLDFISH TO STARVE, + IS JUST ALL-AROUND TOO DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. As opposed to OIL-GAS + NUKULAAR. Environmentalism is too dangerous/destructive for the Environment. * HOT AIR > TEN "GREEN" FOODS THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-25 00:00 |