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Amnesty International Report Cites Unlawful Killings and Torture Linked to Yemen's Counter-Terrorism Campaign
August 24, 2010Under pressure from the United States and others to confront threats from al-Qaeda, along with Zaidi Shi'a rebels in the north and growing demands for secession in the South, the Yemini government is using national security as a pretext to stifle criticism and reject human rights in a campaign of unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary arrests and unfair trials, Amnesty International charged in a new report today. The human rights organization said the downward spiral in respect for human rights documented in the report, Yemen: Cracking Down Under Pressure, includes unlawful killings of those accused of links to al-Qaeda and Southern Movement activists, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, torture and unfair trials. Full release.
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