Yemen

Urgent action (good news): Yemen. Hassan Ba'oom released.

Further information on UA: 247/10 Index: MDE 31/004/2012

Hassan Ba’oom, leader of a political opposition group in southern Yemen, was released without charge along with his son Fawaz Ba’oom on 7 December 2011. They had been detained incommunicado since 20 February 2011. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

urgent action (follow up) : Yemen. Five executions postponed

Further information on UA: 297/09 Index: MDE 31/011/2011 Issue Date: 06 July 2011

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Five men under sentence of death in Yemen were not executed on 6 July as feared. However, they could still be executed at any time as they have exhausted all their appeals, and their death sentences were ratified by the President in 2009. [ Lire la suite » ]


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