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News
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.)
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.
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.
Published on 16 May 2013 by Rammah Al-Jubari in News
MARIB, May 15 — A military committee, including the members from the Defense and Interior Ministries, assigned a sub-committee to resolve ongoing conflict in Marib, which had been escalating over the past weeks.
Published on 16 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
ADEN, May 15 — Security forces said Tuesday the three alleged Al-Qaeda affiliates that were arrested on Sunday in a raid in the Al-Mansura district of Aden were referred to the General Prosecutor for investigation, adding that preliminary investigations reveal they were planning to carry out a terrorist attack in the area.
Published on 16 May 2013 by Nasser Al-Sakkaf in News
ABYAN, May 15 — A Swiss man, a Kenyan national and a Yemeni translator working for the International Red Crescent Committee (IRCC) were kidnapped by alleged armed tribesmen on Monday in the Al-Maraqesha area in the Jaar district of the southern governorate of Abyan.
Published on 16 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
SANA’A, May 15 — Sources in the Yemeni Air Forces revealed Wednesday that the black box from the military plane which exploded on Monday in the Bait Baws area of Sana’a, killing the pilot, has been unearthed from the crash site.
Published on 16 May 2013 by Yemen Times Staff in News
The Yemen Times is proud to announce the paper’s Editor-in-Chief Nadia Al-Sakkaf received one of the Business for Peace Award from the Business for Peace Foundation on Tuesday at the Akershus Nobel Prize Fortress in Oslo, Norway.
Published on 13 May 2013 by in News
On Friday, a man detonated a bomb on a bus in the heart of a crowded market in Sheikh Othamn neighborhood in Aden, injuring ten people, some seriously. Omar Hulais, the spokesperson of Aden Security department, identified the bomber as Mohammed Al-Adn, and said that he fled the scene, with an injured hand. As far as Hulais can tell, this is a personal dispute and—despite original fears—is neither politically motivated nor related to Al-Qaeda. (R.A.)
Published on 13 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
SANA’A, May 12 — The Interior Ministry, in cooperation with the Coast Guards and other security forces in coastal governorates, announced on Saturday they would be stepping up surveillance on Yemen’s shores—which run for 2,500 kilometers—in order to deter the smuggling of weapons into Yemen, which the ministry has assessed is an increasingly serious problem.
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