In Brief: May 20, 2013
Published on 20 May 2013 by Yemen Times Staff in News
The Marakisha tribe released the five captives they had been holding for over a week, including three Red Cross workers and two Egy
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SCER say parliamentary elections will be held as scheduled
Published on 20 May 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hasani in News
SANA’A, May 19 – The Supreme Committee of Elections and Referendum (SCER) said as far as they are concerned parliamentary elections will go ahead in February 2014 as stipulated by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Initiative, the internationally brokered deal that handed power from former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to current President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi.
Security officer assassinated in Hadramout
Published on 20 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
HADRAMOUT, May 19 – Security authorities said on Saturday that preliminary investigations indicate Al-Qaeda affiliates are responsible for the Friday assassination of Colonel Abdullah Al-Rabaki, an officer in the political security authority in Al-Mukala city in Hadramout governorate.
NDC temporarily adjourns sessions to condemn murder of two boys
Published on 20 May 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hassani in News
SANA’A, May 19 — The entire assembly of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) shut down for an hour on Sunday to condemn the killing of two young Southerners in Sana’a, who were shot dead by armed men on Thursday.
Three Yemeni journalists and two other foreigners kidnapped by tribesmen
Published on 20 May 2013 by Rammah Al-Jubari in News
MARIB, May 20 — Tribal mediations are ongoing in Marib, where on Thursday three journalists, two foreigners, and an employee of the Safer Oil company were kidnapped by tribesmen in the eastern governorate.
Deceased pilot’s family refuses to hold funeral until they get answers about crash
Published on 20 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
SANA’A, May 19 — Relatives of the deceased pilot Hani Al-Aghbri, who died on Monday after his plane exploded and crashed into a residential area in the south of Sana’a, are refusing to bury his remains, until those responsible for his death are arrested.
Drone strike in Abyan kills four alleged Al-Qaeda affiliates
Published on 20 May 2013 by Rammah Al-Jubari in News
ABYAN, May 19 — Four alleged Al-Qaeda affiliates were killed late Friday night by an American drone strike in the Almahfd district of Abyan governorate, in South Yemen, according to security officials.
In Brief: May 16, 2013
Published on 16 May 2013 by Ramzy Alawi in News
Central Security Forces have been working with a private businessman—the leaseholder of a government-owned market in Aden—to illegally detain vendors and shop owners who are late on their rent, HOOD, a Yemeni human rights organization, determined after a recent investigation. Vendors at the state-operated Cairo Market have been detained and beaten, a representative of HOOD told the Yemen Times. An administrative employee at the market denied all accusations. (S.A.)
JMP and GPC butt heads over bill
Published on 16 May 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hassani in News
SANA’A, May 15 — A disagreement between the General People’s Congress (GPC) and the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) over a bill proposed to change guidelines relating to university officials’ appointments culminated in the JMP walking out of Parliament sessions on Sunday.
NDC group visits prison, finds political captives
Published on 16 May 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hassani in News
SANA’A, May 15 — The director of the Central Prison in Sana’a, Colonel Mutahar Al-Shu’ibi, has denied reports by the Rights and Freedoms Working Group of National Dialogue Conference (NDC)—Yemen’s ongoing reconciliatory talks—that there are currently six political prisoners at the facility being held unlawfully.
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