Al-Thawry [Archives:2004/703/Press Review]

8 Jan 2004
Main headlines:
– Two YSP leaders, Ghalib and Salami met a number of European Union ambassadors
– Human rights in Yemen, “transparent'' oppression, “public'' torture
– YSP organisation in Socotra warns of transferring ownership of its headquarters
– Saudi boycott heralds postponement of Yemen joining the GCC
On democracy in Yemen the columnist Jamal Amer says the regime in Yemen boasts of hosting the international conference on democracy and human rights. Our regime's understanding of democracy does not go beyond he freedom of screaming and writing that must not impinge upon the policy-maker in this country but if it does so what is written does not change one example event of corruption even if he has offered hundreds of official documents. Similar to that is the regime's understanding of human rights which, out of the regime's viewpoint, means protection of the influential ones. Those who eat the citizens sustenance under the cover of laws approved by a parliamentary majority most of them from sheikhs, military and big businessmen and their sons. These are too far from feeling the hunger of the people. The authority in Yemen escapes from application of democracy and practicing it to searching for a brilliant form for it that does not go beyond the theoretic feature by hosting activities concerned with democracy. Thus the authority thinks it has become democratic and has the right to ascend the chair of a master and teaching other regimes and instruct them to attain democracy perfection.
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