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| Saudi detainee committed "suicide" |
| 2003-11-24 |
| EFL: The Yemeni opposition announced the death of a Saudi citizen inside a Yemeni detention center, when he committed "suicide", because the Yemeni authorities "refused" to give him and three of his colleagues the right to political asylum. Thought the story needed Rooters style "scare quotes". The Yemeni coalition party for reforms quoted a Yemeni security source as saying that one Saudi citizen was among four who asked for political asylum to Yemen, died while in detention. I’m quite sure he did die, my question is the "how and why" part. The said Saudi citizen sneaked to Yemen through the border between the two states together with other three Saudis. As they were detained at the borders, three of them asked for political asylum in Yemen. The Yemeni security source said that the "four Saudis entered Yemen illegally (smuggled), and asked for the right to political asylum. Sounds like they had to leave Saudiland in a hurry. The source added that the Yemeni border authorities, after consultations with the central authorities, detained the four men, and started "investigations" with them. No indication is made on the According to the Yemeni reform group, two of the four attempted Commited suicide while under "investigation", happens all the time. Just ask the Iranians. An attempt to So they escaped Saudiland, wanting political asylum, and when they tried to off themselves, the Yemenis rush them to the closest Saudi It stressed that the Yemeni authorities handed over the three men to the Saudi embassy in Sanaa, including al- Malki, after he was "rescued" from the "suicide" attempt. I’m sure the Saudis will help him finish the job. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Thank you, I feel more comfortable in disliking them. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-25 4:52:39 AM |
| #3 AI's reports are figleafs to make their protests look legitimate. In turn, the protests are just campaigns to separate the anti-Americans from their cash. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-11-24 7:40:27 PM |
| #2 SH, I did a Google search on AI and Yemen. They publish annual reports on human rights abuses. But I didn't see anything about protests. AI's 2002 report on Yemen is here. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2003-11-24 6:47:58 PM |
| #1 I don't follow Amnesty International closely, but I don't usually hear about them protesting this type of mysterious death of a detainee in a backwater country like Yemen. This could be because AI would have no reason to let the US media know when it is protesting the actions of a country other than the US or because AI makes no protest at all. Does anybody know whether AI does take action in these cases? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-24 5:28:33 PM |