Amnesty International continues discussion on Cole suspects [Archives:2002/36/Front Page]
September 2 2002
In the conference Mr al-Amri Sheerov, Chairman of Researches and Studies Team at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International Organisation said the general framework of the meeting was to exchange views and experiments between the organisation and Human Rights Civil Societies Organisations in Yemen. The meeting also seeks getting acquainted with 11 September events impact on human rights action, work of these organisations and difficulties they face. The aim is to ensure solidarity of the civil society forces against skepticism and retraction regarding human rights. Mr Sheerov added the team would gather information about the detainees.
The Amnesty International team has in fact met the families of thirty detainees. The team members listened to their testimonies on the situation of their relatives under arrest. Those relatives disclosed that the detainees were subjected to torture by intelligent officers while they were interrogated.
Responding to a question by the Yemen Times Mr Sheerov said the organization has aroused the issue of the detainees suspected to have links with 11 September events in previous months during the Yemeni delegation visit and that the team was planning to hold meetings with Yemeni officials to discuss this issue.
An official source mentioned that Yemen discussed with the organization’s delegation the question of the Yemenis detained in Guantanamo base in Cuba. The source added that the government made it clear that the United States was not in a position to give a lesson to the Yemeni government on human rights because in dealing with events of 11 September the U.S, has shown a violation of the policy pursued there in this respect.
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