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Woman allegedly abused in jail receives death threats
Anisa al-Shuaibi, a woman who claims that she was physically abused and raped repeatedly in the Central Jail in Sanaa, has been receiving threats to her life, she said. Four days ago, a man called my friend and threatened her, she said. Her friend, Nabilah al-Matari, 28, supports her story. A man told me in the phone to stay away from Anisa. Otherwise, I will be killed along with her, al-Matari said. The threats have made al-Shuaibi feel even more vulnerable. My night is not a night and my day is not a day, she said. All the time I am afraid of an attack. I was fired from my job and I have no one to support me financially, she said. Only Mohamed Naji Allawo and some lawyers from Hood organization supported me. Her kids, Harun al-Shuaibi, 7, and Reem al-Shuaibi, 6, are not yet enrolled in school. I am really scared to put them in school, she said. She said that beside the threats she exposed to, she is exposed to some financial temptations. Once, I was going to buy myself qat and I found a man in a police car waving seemingly a lot of money in order to get me to drop the case, she said. She has received many such offers. Al-Shuaibi said that she chewed qat to be able to forget her problems. The head of the Criminal Investigation Unit, Rizq al-Jawfi, has denied Shuaibis allegations of abuse and has refused to show up in court several times. When he did show up last Wednesday for questioning, prosecutors interrogated him without al-Shuaibis lawyers present, said Abdul-Rahman Barman, al-Shuaibis lawyer from Allawo Corporation for advocates. This is in violation of the law. We have a lot of questions, we are hoping to ask him in front of the prosecution, he said. It is illegal to question al-Jawfi without the other side present, he said. Other officers who are involved in Shuaibis case will be interrogated too. Al-Shuaibi says that her agony feels endless. Posted by: Fred 2007-03-07 |
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