Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 9/22/2003
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of September 22, 2003
- Amnesty International: the rule of law sidelined in the name of security in Yemen
On 16 July 2003 the Minister of Interior of Yemen told Parliament that 95 people accused of belonging to al-Qa'ida were released because they "had changed their ideas", and that 195 others remained in detention because they "persist in holding on to the ideas they believe in". He did not refer to any judicial process for these detainees because the rule of law has been sidelined. They are held totally at the mercy of the government and security forces, far removed from judicial scrutiny. Yemen-USA, Politics, 9/25/2003 - Riyadh hands over Sanaa 9 Yemenis involved in 'Limburg' incident
The Saudi Arabian authorities yesterday handed over the Yemeni authorities nine Yemenis detained in the kingdom for security issues including certain persons in the case of blowing the French oil tanker Limburg. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Local, 9/25/2003