Attack against human rights defenders Ms Tawakkol Karman and Ms Lubna Al-Gedsi, and alleged enforced disappearance of Mr Ali AhmadAl-Saqqaf
| On 6 October 2009, human rights defenders Ms *Tawakkol Karman* and Ms* Lubna Al-Gedsi* were reportedly attacked by security men during a peaceful protest in Sana’a. Tawakkol Karman is the chairwoman of Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), which campaigns for freedom of the press in Yemen. Lubna Al-Gedsi is the coordinator of the Rights and Freedoms section at WJWC. Front Line has previously expressed concern about death threats against Tawakkol Karman in April 2008. On 28September 2009, human rights defender Mr *Ali Ahmad Al-Saqqaf* was abducted in Sana’a and his whereabouts are unknown. Ali Ahmad Al-Saqqaf is a teacher and a member of the Yemeni Organisation for the Defence of Democratic Rights and Freedom (YODRFD), which campaigns for the protection of the rights of detainees, particularly those related to the Sa’da conflict. |
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International organizations demanded the release of Yasser Alwazeer
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The Human Rights Institutes and Human Rights defenders for Human Rights expressed its profound concern as regards the Yemeni authorities’ detention of the eminent human rights defender, Yasser AL-Wazier a member of the Yemeni organization for Defending Human Rights, Democracy & freedoms – AL-Wazier had been forced disappearance for three months than continued his detention for a year, those measures taken against AL-Wazier are closely related to his eminent role in defending the victims of human rights violations in Yemen and all norms’ of discrimination, accordingly security bodies decided to punish him for his human rights activity and his professional life as a teacher and fighting all norm of discrimination done by the government against Zaidiah as the main consequences of Sa’adah War. |
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