Students detained by political security [Archives:2004/802/Local News]

Hassan Al-Zaidi
Six students from Al Tu'aman Tribe, one of the tribes of Marib , are still being detained by the political security in Sana'a after the Jordanian authorities deported them in the fall of the current month.

The students were not considered to continue their studies at the Jordanian University under the pretext that they are a wandering tourist cell.

Relatives of the detainees sent a letter to President Saleh in which they appealed to him to seriously look into this matter as well as to order the concerned parties to release their children.

They claim that the students were given scholarships by the Yemeni government to study in Jordan and that they did not commit any mistake or any legal violations to receive such procedures.

A huge lunch reception was held by one of the Sheikhs when his son was released by the Jordanian security authorities after being allegedly caught because of his arrival from Iraq.

Relatives of the detainees consider the procedures against their children a kind of injustice and violation against their rights. What is more violent is detaining them at the Sana'a International Airport and landing them in prison for more than 20 days.
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