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| Commission to probe violations against human rights |
| 2012-02-03 |
| [Yemen Post] Yemen Human Rights Horia Mashhoor said on Wednesday that an independent commission will be formed with the aim of investigating violations committed against human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... since the outbreak of anti-regime protests in last February. "Probes about killing of protesters in Sana'a , Taiz and Abyan lack transparency, and Yemen's judiciary lack enough fairness," she added. In her meeting with Middle East and North Africa director of the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy(NED) Abdul Rahman Al-Jubouri, she made clear that Yemen needs special legalizations that cope with international laws. Mashhoor revealed that the ministry seeks to hold a national dialogue conference to solve Yemen's problems and come up with joint national views on human rights. She revealed that Human Rights Ministry would be shifted to an independent supreme authority which enjoys impartiality. For his part, Al-Jabouri stressed that NED seeks to help Yemen in the field of enacting legislations of the constitution and election laws, pointing out that NED would support and train the consultative body belonging to the Human Rights through Ministry. In an interview with the state-run 26 September newspaper, Mashhoor made reference to the existence of a big gap between laws and their application on the ground. Mashhoor has said she seeks to shut down private custodies run by some officials and tribal leaders, stressing that the existence of such custodies contradicts Yemen laws and international conventions. Mashhoor has vowed to release all political prisoners held in security forces. Separately, Mashour stated that Yemen's high-ranking officials take over 90 percent of allowances and benefits allocated to government ministries while low-ranking employees get nothing. She affirmed that Yemen's financial systems encourage corruption, demanding to carry out significant financial reforms. |
| Posted by:Fred |