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| Woman allegedly abused in jail receives death threats |
| 2007-03-07 |
| Anisa al-Shuaibi, a woman who claims that she was physically abused and raped repeatedly in the Central Jail in Sana’a, 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 Shuaibi’s 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-Shuaibi’s lawyers present, said Abdul-Rahman Barman, al-Shuaibi’s 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 Shuaibi’s case will be interrogated too. Al-Shuaibi says that her agony feels endless. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 While I too would like "femininst" groups to rally round the cause, I'm a tad tire on this demand being pulled out all the time in such cases. Battles close to home, where we've yet to hold the 100th anniversary of the vote, keep us from tackling insane men halfway around the world. Where's the knight in shining armour? Where's the cry from men that women cannot be treated this way? Suffragettes had to sway male opinion to effect change. Hopefully today's man would find the cause as compelling as "feminists". |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2007-03-07 18:11 |
| #3 Waiting for feminist groups to stand beside this woman in her moment of need. Waiting. waiting. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-03-07 14:39 |
| #2 “My night is not a night and my day is not a day,” she said Whaaa??? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-03-07 06:31 |
| #1 Sana Yemen Anisa al-Shuaibi, "Manolo fetch me my qat"! Khat contains the alkaloid cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant which causes excitement and euphoria. In 1980 the World Health Organization classified khat as a drug of abuse that can produce mild to moderate psychological dependence, and the plant has been targeted by anti-drug organizations like the DEA. must be good then. :-) |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-07 01:55 |