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Tribal forces abduct judge in Lahj province
 [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Tribal Lions of Islam have on Tuesday kidnapped the head of the first instance court in al-Madhariba and Ras al-Ara areas, located in Yemen...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s southern province of restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement that is under the control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias. Human rights sources confirmed that button men from the al-Qa’alala tribe of al-Sabiha area kidnapped the head of the al-Madhariba and Ras al-Ara court, Judge Abdulhakim Abdo Saif al-Najashi, as well as his son Qassem, in addition to court clerk Mohammed Youssef Salem, by force of arms after intercepting their car on a coastal road. The sources attributed the abduction of the head of the court to an attempt to pressure him to release one of the accused in a criminal case still pending for judgment. Related: Lahj: 2022-09-08 Separatist military commander killed in Yemen's Lahj Lahj: 2022-08-30 10 Yemen soldiers killed in 'dangerous escalation' Lahj: 2022-07-21 At least three mercenaries injured in Aden attack Posted by: Fred 2022-09-21 |
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