Yemens human rights violations have no justification: AI [Archives:2002/30/Local News]

Amnesty International (AI) welcomed the UN human Rights Committees examination results of Yemens implementation of the International Convention of Civil Political Rights (ICCPR), which started July 17, and expressed its deep concern over the sidelining of the legal institution safeguards introduced in Yemen in recent years. According to AI, this has been a consequence of the events of 11 Sept. 2001 in the name of the fight against terrorism.
In the immediate aftermath of the events, the countrys political leadership authorized security forces, particularly the Political Security, to arrest and detain anyone suspected in connection with Afghanistan without any reference to human rights safeguards. The rule of law has been sidelined, the role of the judiciary, human rights bodies seriously undermined. an AI press release said.
AI concluded by saying that Thousands of people are believed to have been forcibly deported to other countries. None is known to have been given the opportunity to seek asylum or challenge the deportation decision if they faced the risk of human rights violations in the countries to which they were sent.

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