Court sentences 10 al-Qaeda members to 4 - 10 years

Court sentences 10 al-Qaeda members to 4 - 10 years

By: akram algaolahi

 A court of first instance in Sana'a sentenced on Tuesday 10 members of al-Qaeda to between 4 - 10 years.The accused were charged with involving in an armed gang linked to al-Qaeda to attack vital government facilities in Abyan province during

Smuggled Guns seized

Smuggled Guns seized

By akram algaolahi 

A security source in the province of Amran confirmed that security services in the province seized a shipment of smuggled weapons which were hidden in large cabinets inside a bus coming from Sana’a.

 The source  told  “Al-Thawra Net”  that 1732 Turkish-made guns were found during an inspection of passing cars at a routine checkpoint.

 According to the source, the shipment was on board a bus coming from Sana’a. He  pointed out that an investigation is underway to discover who is behind the shipment. He pointed out that the guns, the bus and the driver are all being held for investigation. 

 This shipment of weapons seized in Amran province is the newest after the recent seizing  of a number of smuggled weapons shipments over the past few months.

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

By: akram algaolahi

Human Rights Minister Houriah Mashhour discussed here on Sunday with Swedish nonresident ambassador to Yemen Dag Juhlin Dannfelt the project of establishing an independent body for human rights.

Mashhour and Dannfelt reviewed the steps to establish the body in cooperation with UNDP and by Swedish funds.

The Minister talked about several issues linked to the body's establishment, including the transitional justice law which it is important to be constituted in a way satisfies the victims and martyrs' families.

The Swedish ambassador expressed admiration of the Yemeni peaceful way of power transition and national dialogue that would re-forge Yemen's future.

Dannfelt accented the Swedish government's keenness on providing all support to Yemen in the human rights field.

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

45 percent of NDC withdrawers from JMP, 25 percent Muslim brotherhood

Ahmed Awadh Bin Mubarak

Ahmed Awadh Bin Mubarak

By Akram al-gaolahi
The General Secretary of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) Ahmed Awadh Bin Mubarak, revealed the overall number of the withdrawing members since its beginning, ensuring that those whose withdrawals and apology were announced and  accepted will be replaced.
“A number of parties and components, since the beginning of the NDC had replaced 21 of their members, whose attendance was impossible. The Islah replaced five of its members, the Unified popular Nasserite replaced two, the Socialist party replaced two and the Hirak “the “Southern Movement” replaced 12 of its members since the beginning of the conference, because some of those “Hirak” replaced never attended for reasons, including their being abroad and the impossibility of their attendance,” Bin Mubarak said in a press statement.
The NDC General Secretary explained that the seats will not remain vacant, because they affect the NDC quorum, which will start within the upcoming period discussion of decisions which will involve voting and attitudes from different forces, a matter that stipulates completion of the political components within the conference, adding that since the incidence of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Farid al-Surimah, only one member withdrew from NDC. It is Ali Yaslem Ba Oudah, adding that some of the media reports over withdrawals from NDC are exaggerated.
In a related issue some of the NDC members carried out a protesting stand to denounce the security disorder, witnessed by a number of Yemeni areas and  Provinces, resulting in attacks against  security and military members, the last of them being the martyrdom of the commander of the intelligence branch in Hadramout, Brigadier Ahmed Abdul-Razeq.
An NDC source said the members during their protesting stance called on the Reconciliation Government and the Security apparatus to take firm measures, so as to maintain the public tranquility, the state’s prestige and to strengthen security and stability in all Provinces. 

Leader attacked in Saudi Arabia

Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh

Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh

By Akram al-gaolahiYahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh said that he phoned the Yemeni businessman Ali Mohammed Ghaleb al-Nahari, who produced a new brand perfume item named after the former president’s title al-Za’eem (Leader), to stand by him, according to a post brought on his Facebook page.
One of the businessman’s stores has been attacked and burnt down recently in Riyadh.
 Sources close to the former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that Saleh cntacted last Wednesday afternoon with the Yemeni businessman in Riyadh, and condemned this cowardly attack, stressing that the former president will stand by the businessman al-Nahari and expressed his confidence that the Saudi authorities will not tolerate in this matter.
The commercial store of al-Nahari has been subjected to fire by unknown assailants after threats to withdraw the new fragrance brand which carries the name of the leader or to change the brand name, which has been recently marketed in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The sources said, “The incident reflects the narrow-minded political parties of the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies, with the political choices of the people, pointing out that Nahari expresses his appreciation to the General People’s Congress “leader Ali Abdullah Saleh.”

Yemen Holiday workers

Yemeni labors celebrate their day and President describes them as Yemen new future makers

By Yemen Observer Staff
Yemen celebrated last Wednesday the International Labor Day under the slogan of “Together with NDC to Build the Modern Yemeni State, Under law and Order, Union’s Rights and Freedoms Respect and the Achievement of Social Justice.”
President Hadi said in a speech which the Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi gave it on his behalf, pointing to the great significance and meaning  of the Labor Day, celebrated by the working forces in Yemen this year, under and atmosphere of optimism of laying the foundation of a modern Yemeni state of justice, equality and the rule of law.
The President saluted the Yemeni workers over this occasion, describing them as the ones who carry the tools for the construction of the new Yemen which the Yemeni people are longing for.
The President spoke of the importance of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference (NDC), in the construction of Yemen, praising the role of the Youth in the change and development process.
“The homeland’s head should be raised high with your sacrifices and strife in the fields of work and construction for its prosperity, progress and for raising its banner higher in the sky,” the President said, adding “ We pray to God to bless your efforts which adorn the homeland with lofty medals woven by the bright pearls of your sweat which will be kept in the hearts of your nation as gems, jewels and gifts of love.”
The President saluted in his speech the Head of the Yemeni Trade Union Ali Belkhadar and the workers in all work positions, pointing out the celebration of the working class in Yemen, coincides with holding the comprehensive NDC.
“the Labor day celebration gives significant indications of the effective role in the construction, development and continuous struggle  processes for the accomplishment of social justice in all fields through the real partnership built on the social dialogue principles between the tripartite production sides (the government, the employees and the employers ), ” the President said,noting that the working class in Yemen was the  biggest victim of the situation that prevailed in the country during the previous period.
He called on the Reconciliation Government (RG) to improve the working class’s conditions by raising the levels of minimum wages, to ensure the provision of a decent life for the Yemeni workers and to implement the remaining phases of the wages strategy, the release of the functional, the adjustments of annual allowances and the sorting out of their situations.
On the other hand, the Head of the Generl Insurance Corporation, Ahmed Saleh Saif, pointed out that the Labor Day is an important benchmark in which the workers equip themselves with rights awareness regarding their crucial issues, foremost of them the social insurance. noting that the crisis which the country had undergone during the past period caused a deep crack in the private sector’s wall, through the leakage of their workforce, and their abstention  from establishing new economic and commercial projects, causing a direct impact on the private sector’s retirement fund, represented in the General Social Insurance Corporation.
The head of the Commercial Chambers’ Association Mohammed Qafla, said the establishment of the private institutions in Yemen and the coping with regional and international progress depends on the private, trained, competent and skilled labor, ensuring their giving special attention to the training and capacitating of the working forces so as to cover the growing needs of the labor market.
There were lyrical sections and plays during the ceremony which expressed the occasion and won the praise of the audience.
Finally the prominent leaders of the trade unions  and a number of the distinctive workers from the different workers’ institutions and production establishments were  honored
The RG expressed its understanding to the suffering of the Yemeni workers, in the current conditions, due to the 2011 incidents, ensuring that the government will do all it could to overcome its consequences, and to work for the enhancement of the economic growth, for attracting investments so as to provide more new job opportunities for the youth and to improve the workers’ conditions.