Al-Sahwa [Archives:2007/1108/Press Review]
Thursday, November 29
Top Stories
– President attends carnival festival in Aden while JMP organizes another one in Sana'a
– Two soldiers, five Houthi supporters killed in a strike against military camp in Sa'ada
– Al-Dhal'e retirees turns down a presidential offer to quit Aden's festival
– Lawmakers criticize judiciary for lack of neutrality
– Student unions in Sana'a and Taiz universities protest against situations in their colleges
– Taiz doctors prepare to stage massive strike after lifting red signs
Brooklyn court reserved Monday Sheikh Al-Moayad and his companion Mohammad Zayed case to unknown time after the pair has been jailed in a U.S. detention for more than five years on alleged charges of funneling money and support to terrorist groups, mainly Hamas Movement in Palestine, the weekly reported. “The hearing was somewhat positive “Al-Moayad and Zayed's lawyer was quoted as saying by Al-Moayad's son, Ibrahim.”
The lawyer challenged last sentences issued against Al-Moayad and Zayed ,75 and 45 years in prison respectively, citing that the Brooklyn court which issued the rulings is not specialized in such cases and that the it was affected by New York as a scene of the September 11 events.
Al-Moayad and Zayed did not attend the trial due to the court's orders. Representatives of the Yemeni Embassy to Washington, Yemeni Consulate and lawyer Mohammad Alaw authorized by the president to follow up the case as well as journalists and activists attended the hearing. Yemeni Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, had requested last Monday the US Attorney-General Michael Mukasey to transfer Yemeni cleric Mohammed al-Moayad and his companion, Mohammed Zayd, from their cells into a section of a general prison in U.S.
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