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Yemeni womens coalition appeals directly to the American people
Watan, the Womens Coalition for Social Peace, based in Yemen issued an appeal yesterday directly to the American people. In the letter, the group asks Americans to urge their elected representatives...
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Obama snubs Yemen protesters
Protesters in Yemen began a letter writing campaign today, directed toward US President Barak Obama. The protests that began in January seek the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh....
View ArticleYemen shells protesters in Taiz, Youth Council issues urgent statement
The Coordinating Council of the Yemeni Youth Revolution for Change (CCYRC) issued an urgent appeal to the international community today to take action against an unfolding massacre of unarmed...
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US, Saudi meddling drives Yemen protesters to boycott
Protesters in Yemen announced a boycott today of US and Saudi products, a largely symbolic move in light of Yemen’s grave humanitarian crisis. Protesters allege that the Obama administration has...
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Yemen’s counter-terror chief accused of atrocities
After Yemen’s Republican Guard killed and dismembered tribal prisoners Thursday, Arhab tribesmen issued a statement Friday demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of General Ahmed Saleh as a...
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Yemenis protest against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Inspire Magazine
In a direct rebuke to the terror group, residents of Taiz held a major protest against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday evening after prayers. Protesters held signs denouncing AQAP...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in Yemen alienates local jihaddists
Local jihaddists in Abyan, Yemen are fighting their former allies, al Qaeda militants from other countries and other Yemeni provinces, for control of Ja’ar City. The combined group, which calls itself...
View ArticleRussia a partner in the murder of Yemenis says rights group
A Yemeni rights organization called for an arms embargo on Yemen today, highlighting Russia’s role in propping up the faltering Saleh regime.The Yemeni Organization for Rights and Freedoms, known as...
View ArticleYemen attacks Taiz overnight as youth urge UN action
What began as a bloody day in Yemen, with random shelling in two cities, turned into an overnight massacre.In the capital Sanaa today, two were killed in a busy shopping district, including a teen,...
View ArticleYemen: one thousand protesters in prison, many tortured
The Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (known as HOOD) launched an investigation into “disappeared” activists. HOOD, a credible organization, found that over 1000 protesters are...
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Yemen, the long march toward justice
Yemen’s opposition party coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP), announced Tuesday that it would support a US approved consensus candidate from the ruling party, Vice President Abdu Rabo Mansour...
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Yemeni security forces open fire on The Life March
Participants in the Life March from Taiz to Yemen's capital Sana'a report that they are currently under gunfire. State security forces are also deploying water cannons, tear gas and batons.About ten...
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Former Yemen president's intended US trip outrages USS Cole family
As pressure builds on the Obama administration to deny a diplomatic visa to ousted Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the family of a sailor killed in the al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole urged that...
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Obama’s strategic blunder in Yemen may shield Al Qaeda from prosecution
A law passed by Yemen’s cabinet on Sunday provides blanket immunity to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and all those who served in his governments over the last 33 years. One unintended...
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Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages
Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war...
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Yemen's Al-Qaeda booby traps southern city, 25 dead
Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday.Reporting to...
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US lifts Yemen arms embargo before military restructuring
Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen.The...
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High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue
An elite Marine rapid response team arrived in Yemen’s capital to protect the US embassy there which remains vulnerable and in disrepair following a mob attack this week. Protests against a video clip...
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Yemen's transition recreates deadlock among political parties
On Monday Yemen’s interim president Mansour Abdo Hadi named several judges to the Supreme Commission on Elections and Referendum (SCER). The SCER is responsible for the technical aspects of elections...
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Yemen: 1000 diplomats and 15000 diplomatic passports
Yemen has issued 15,000 diplomatic passports although the number of diplomats does not exceed 1000, the Yemeni Foreign Ministry stated in a report issued Monday.Bogus diplomatic passports were issued...
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