Human Rights in Yemen under the eye of the international community [Archives:2002/26/Local News]

The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists located in Cairo, issued a press release holding the Yemeni Authorities responsible for the safety of the detained journalist Mr. Abdurahim Mohsen and the recently harassed human rights activist Ms. Suaad al-Qadasi.
They demanded Yemen adhere to the international agreements on human rights by which all countries are committed to guarantee the freedom of press.
The program also called international organizations to follow up the incidents to make sure that the two detained journalists would be saved from harm.
Mr. Abdurahim Mohsen was abducted in front of his home on the 23rd of May by intelligence.
The Sanaa South-West Court issued last month a five-month imprisonment term on journalist Abdulrahman Mohsen along with his two friends Khalid Salman and Ibrahim Hussen. The court issued the ruling on the grounds that these journalists promote sectarianism and regionalism.
To address this, the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate organized a sit-in last Thursday to demonstrate solidarity with detained journalists. This protest was in the presence of Mohsens mother, a large number of journalists and a number of political parties representatives.
Attendants decided to file a law suit against the president since he is responsible for the disappearance of Mohsen and his friends. They have also started a committee of lawyers headed by Mohammed Naji Alaw to be in charge of defending Mohsen.
An armed group in plain clothes raided the Yemeni Unionist Party last Friday and arrested Ibrahim Hussein. They took him to the headquarters of the Political Security Police by force.
An official at the Unionist Party said the arrest of Mohsen is a step towards totalitarianism.
What happened to Mohsen and his friends will be exercised on anyone who might write on the problems of this nation, he said. We, at the Unionist Party, condemn these unconstitutional and immoral measures since his arrest is in grave violation of public freedoms and the established law.

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