Sheikhs kept & tribesmen released [Archives:2003/666/Local News]

Sana'a, Sep 6- Around thirty-five people from Jaham tribe and A'al Zaidi have been recently set free by the Yemeni security authorities after being detained since the beginning of last August.
Meanwhile, Sheiks of Jaham tribe were transferred from the military Prison to another one at the interior ministry.
The release measure has been carried out in response to presidential orders following the success of mediation made by sheik Mohammed Bin Naji al-Gader with the president in an attempt to calm down the crisis between Jaham sheikhs and the authorities.
Security authorities had arrested Jaham sheikhs from inside the presidential building as a result of a dispute, after which they were arrested and ne tribesmen was killed and another injured.
Tribal sources told Yemen Times that the tribe would not accept any mediation as for handing over the killers of one of its sheiks who was shot dead last May by emergency police.
The tribe insists on handing over the killers to judiciary.
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