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Yemen releases long-jailed woman, ex-Guantanamo prisoners
 Yemeni authorities have released four ex-Guantanamo inmates after more than three months in prison since they have been extradited by the US authorities in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to Yemen, an official source said.The official website 26sep.net reported Wednesday that the Political Security have freed four returnees from Guantanamo. The source identified the released as Fawazi Noaman Hamoud, Ali Muhsen Saleh Nasser, Sadeq Mohammad Saeed Isameel and Hani Abdu Musleh Shulan. The Amnesty International has appealed to president Abdullah Saleh to release Guantanamo returnees who are being held in Yemenis prisons without charges or trial. The official news agency Saba reported Wednesday that Yemeni authorities also released Tuesday the most prominent woman prisoner in Yemen Amina Abdullatif after ten years in jail for allegedly murdering her husband in 1998. Amina was scheduled to be executed in May 2005 but the execution was stayed pending a review to determine her age at the time of the offence. She was sentenced to death in May 1999 when she was 16 years old. In 2002 Amina was scheduled to be executed but the executioner noticed that she was pregnant and the execution was halted. Posted by: Fred 2007-10-11 |
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