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Rights groups: Underground jails run by military, security forces
 [Yemen Post] A Yemeni human rights...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... organization, HOOD, revealed on Saturday that hundreds of Yemenis are held in underground jails, demanded the new president Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi to swiftly release them. HOOD called Hadi to form a commission of judges, the Interior Ministry, the Human Rights Ministry and civil society organizations to release the prisoners, shut down the jails and bring those officials responsible for such violations to justice. It further said that hundreds of protesters who took to streets against the ousted president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... are languishing in prisons run by the Republican Guard, the Central Security and the intelligence services. It pointed out that it sent Hadi a letter including a list of 190 names of prisoners who their fate are still uncertain. Meanwhile, ...back at the shattered spaceship, Fffflirgoll the Arcturan slithered stealthily toward the control room, where the humans had barricaded themselves... the Sana'a-based Himaia Organization for Human Rights disclosed that 192 soldiers are held inside the main camp of the Central Security in Sana'a. The group said that a specialized court documented their cases as it visited the military last week after it was ordered by the Attorney-General. Himaia had presented a notification to the Attorney-General about the seizure of 22 soldiers inside the camp due to their support to the anti-Saleh revolution. "When the court visited the camp on last Tuesday, it found out 192 soldiers who were illegally held inside the camp" the group made reference. It expressed its deep concerns at the violations committed against soldiers and officers, pointing out that the command of the camp maneuvers to n ot respond to the directions of the Attorney General who ordered them. Yemen's Human Rights Minister Horia Mashhoor had said that an independent commission will be formed with the aim of investigating violations committed against human rights since the outbreak of the anti-regime protests. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-04 |
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