YEMEN: Yemeni Government Holding More Than 1,000 Political Prisoners

Syndicated from Sumoud on Mon, 2008-10-27

By Zainab Mineeia, Inter-Press Serviec News Agency

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (IPS) - A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to launch an independent commission to investigate arbitrary arrests and disappearances and to hold those responsible to account.