Al-Sahwa [Archives:2007/1056/Press Review]
Thursday, May 31
Main Headlines
– Authorities continue oppressing freedoms, protests escalate
– Government complex in Ghamr district bombed, mediation of scholars in Sa'ada conflicts fail
– Joint Meeting Parties condemns threats against its spokesman, denounces Interior Ministry's indifference
– Industry and Trade Minister admits monopoly of commodities, economists hold government accountable for the phenomenon
– Military court fines two army officers $3.5 million over aircraft crash
– Claiming entitlements, pensioners stage peaceful protest in Aden
– Dhale' Court looks into the case of torturing citizens in a government's jail
– American lawyers urges Saleh to respond to Bush allegations regarding Yemenis detained in Guantanamo
Many American advocates and Yemeni rights activists and members of parliament urged President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his government to adopt a positive stance and exercise hard efforts to release the Yemeni citizens detained in Guantanamo Pay, the weekly paper reported on its front page. It added that the American lawyers expect the Yemeni leader to respond to the false fabrications invented by the U.S. President George W Bush and his administration alleging that Yemen rejects homecoming of its citizens detained in Guantanamo. At a news conference, some 15 American lawyers and 9 Yemeni MPs, as well as human rights groups, including the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms, known as Hood, claimed the Yemeni authorities to reveal the discussions, which they held with the U.S. Administration on the issues of Guantanamo detainees.
The American advocate Marta Renz and its Arab colleague Ramzi Qasem expressed their disappointment and concern over indifference of Yemen's Presidency, Interior Ministry and the national and political security organizations toward the issues of their citizens detained in Guantanamo.
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