Al-Sahwa [Archives:2008/1124/Press Review]
Thursday, January 24
Top Stories
– Medical report warns that Al-Moayyad and Zayed's conditions may deteriorate
– Yemeni protestors condemns Arab silence toward Gazza lockdown
– Hadramout praises efforts of Soccotra local councilors preventing entry of Qat into the island
– Aden farmers protest against plundering of their lands by influential persons
– Head of Islah Party Office in Sa'ada calls for dialogue and ceasefire
– Minister of Planning and International Cooperation: Yemen's agricultural sector is weak despite adequate support
– HOOD reveals that Amran-based 127 Military Infantry Division has been detaining a child for 4 months
The National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms, known as HOOD, urged the Attorney-General to hold talks with Defense Minister and the relevant judicial authorities on why a 15-year-old child has been arrested by the 127 Military Infantry Division in Amran for nearly four months, the weekly reported in a front page story.
It also called for investigating why the division's commander gave orders to his troops to capture the young boy Walid Ahmad Mutahhar Saleh on July 7, 2007 over a civil conflict, the case file of which is being already provided to Houth Preliminary Court.
In its letter to the Attorney-General, the organization demanded the official to give directions for immediately releasing the inmate or bringing him to the relevant court if he is found guilty of committing a crime.
“Despite directions by Amran's Appeal Prosecution on September 18, 2007, demanding that the kid must be freed and returned to his parents, in addition to other similar procedures taken by Khamer's Prosecution, the child is still detained up until the moment. HOOD labeled Walid's detention as a legal violation of the constitution, as well as a punishable crime.
According to the weekly, the human rights organization stated that any civil or military servant found guilty of jailing the juvenile must face a penalty of no less than five years in prison by the criminal law.
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