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| Orders to close private custodies |
| 2012-08-30 |
| [Yemen Post] Governor of Ibb Ahmed Abdullah al-Hajri ordered last Sunday to shut down all private custodies, hold responsible people accountable and bring them to justice. Ibb is one of Yemeni governorates in which tribal leaders run private jails. One revolutionary Mohammad al-Hussam is still enforcedly disappeared by Sheikh Sadeq al-Basha who has armed militias and private custodies. There are many custodies that are run by tribal leaders in Hodeidah, Dhamar, Sana'a and other governorates, Yemeni activists say. Activists and civil society organizations repeatedly demanded to shut down private jails and put an end to violations against human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... Yemen Human Rights Minister Hooria Mashhoor has called the government to immediately cloase private custodies run by some officials and tribal leaders, stressing that the existence of such custodies contradicts Yemen laws and international conventions. Yemeni human rights groups had stated that hundreds of protesters are being tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! and brutally tortured inside military camps affiliated to the outgoing President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... .The exact number of detainees being held by the authorities is unknown, but activists say that it could be as high as 260.Yemeni activists had urged all international human rights organizations to press on the Yemeni regime to release all detainees and hold the perpetrators accountable.They said that the Saada-based Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is "God is Great, Death to America™", Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews" ... group practice torture and violations in its private prisons, affirming that it arrest its political foes. Media sources have stated the Houthi group conducted an arrest campaign against activists, politicians, teachers, students as well as football players in Saada. |
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