Demands to bring justice to the case of Jarallah Omar’s assassination continueCalls rise to stop using extremists against politicians [Archives:2003/672/Front Page]

Sana'a, September 28, (YT))The National Authority (NA) concerned with the follow-up of the assassination of the late Jarallah Omar, Assistant Secretary-General, demanded Saturday that a comprehensive, fair, and independent investigation into the case should be made to reveal the accomplices of the assassin Ali Jarallah who was sentenced to death mid September. The NA considered in a press statement the court verdict as invalid and baseless as it did not pay any attention to the right of Jarallah's family which demanded that the case should be returned to the prosecution for further investigations.
The statement said that some parts of the file of investigation with the assassin presented by the Political Security Organization (PSO) were missing and that there were no files for the confiscated materials.
It also pointed out that the issuance of the verdict would help terrorists to continue their terrorist attacks against politicians, intellectuals, writers and opinion makers. It urged all human rights activists all over the world to exercise pressure on the Yemeni authorities to return the case to the prosecution for comprehensive investigations in the presence of political parties and family of Jarallah Omar.
Dr. Abdulkuddus al-Midhwahi, member of the NA, said in a press conference Saturday that there is a strong coalition between the authorities and terrorist and extremist groups and that the authority handles all the game. On his part, Mohammed Kahtan of the Islah party, called the Yemeni authorities to stop using extremist militants against any of the political forces, urging all community to work to dry up the springs of violence and extremism. He said in a response to a question by Yemen Times that Islah leadership decided that if any of its members is involved in the assassination would be presented to court and should be held accountable for his personal acts.
The member of the NA said that the judiciary is not independent and is all the time influenced by the authorities. He cited an example of the corruption of the judiciary that the NA has not yet received the court verdict officially because they have to pay YR 5,000 for the writer of the court.
The NA said that there is a great support from Arab and international human rights and political organizations to the demands of the NA. Among these organizations is the Human Rights Watch which already demanded the Yemeni government to re-investigate into the assassination.

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