Annas [Archives:2007/1032/Press Review]
March 5
Main Headlines
– Yahya Al-Houthi enjoys the ruling party's immunity after MPs voted for rescinding his parliamentary immunity
– MP Abdurrazaq Al-Hejri denies reports saying he refused to vote for rescinding Al-Houthi''s parliamentary immunity
– Bin Mu'aili's lawsuit against President Saleh provokes controversy over the law of higher ranking officials
– Capital's West Prosecution summons suspects involved in the illegal imprisonment of the woman citizen Anisa Al-Shu'aibi
– Parliament demands questioning two cabinet officials for wasting public money
– Armed clashes break out between Al Awadh and Sanhan tribes after killing the child Taha Al-Awadhi over land disputes
– Victims of municipality workers on the rise amid indifference of courts to try perpetrators
The newspaper criticised the daily killings of street vendors by municipality workers, who exploit the non-reinforcement of judiciary and human rights laws. The paper quoted Khalid Al-Anisi, a human rights activist and lawyer, as saying he doesn't pin any hope in the authorities to put a stop to the murder of poor citizens, who strive hard to earn livelihood, at the hands of municipality officials.
Al-Anisi regretted, “As the concerned parties in the government are not serious to end the phenomenon, such inhuman crimes are bound to multiply. Those, who open fire on innocent citizens, believe that they won't be held accountable for their conducts.
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