Friday, February 22, 2013

AI: Yemen forces must refrain from violent crackdown on protests

[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Wednesday called on Yemeni forces to observe peace and restraint (AI report) during scheduled protest marches this week. Yemeni security forces fired on protesters [BBC report] on Thursday despite AI's plea. The protest marches were organized by the Southern Movement to mark the one-year anniversary of the uncontested election of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and to push for a nonviolent succession from the nation. According to AI Deputy Director of the Middle...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/02/ai-yemen-forces-must-refrain-from-violent-crackdown-on-protests.php

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