Pro-Democracy Activists Come Together to Discuss Deterioration of Political Climate [Archives:1999/10/Local News]

Some fifty pro-democracy activists representing a wide political spectrum met on Saturday, February 6th, to discuss the visible deterioration in Yemen’s political environment.
Professor Hassan Ba-Zara’ah, Chairman of the Yemen Office of Rabitat Abna Al-Yaman, the host, gave the gathering evidence of the deterioration. “That is the evidence on erosion of the level of tolerance and plurality,” he concluded.
Mr. Mohammed Al-Ruabyi who chaired the meeting warned of the grave consequences to these developments. He then invited ideas and proposals as to what can be done.
The group adopted a proposal put forth by Professor Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, Chairman of the Consultative Council’s Human Rights, Liberties and NGOs. “We need to urge President Ali Abdullah to issue a law specifying the tasks, role, tools and budget of the Political Security Organization. “From my experience, most of the violation is committed by PSO. If PSO is brought within the law, then many of the violations will disappear,” Saqqaf pointed out.
The group plans another meeting for next week.
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