Questions about Islamic prisoners [Archives:2002/22/Local News]

A group of 12 parliamentarians have asked interior minister Dr. Rashad al-Alimi about the Islamists detained due to suspicion of having links to al-Qaeda.
Sources in the parliament said 12 members of the parliament called the parliament president to summon al-Alimi to answer their question on legal situation of these prisoners.
They have spent several months in the intelligence prisons without having been charged.
The minister will also be questioned about 40 prisoners detained for two years in connection with the suicide bombing attack on the USS Cole on October 12, 2000. Seventeen US sailors were killed and other 39 injured in the blast.
The government of security detained a good number of suspected people; some were released. After the September 11 attacks in the U.S.A, over 500 people were arrested and interrogated. Some are still in detention without any charges. Some of them are relatives of suspected fugitives.
Advocates believed it is against law to detain people without warrants or trials.
An anonymous group calling itself al-Qaeda sympathizers has claimed responsibility for bombings in Sanaa during the last two months and have demanded the release of 173 detainees on charges of having links to al-Qaeda.
The group pledged more suicide attacks against some government officials if the detainees are not released.

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