More Children in Yemeni Prisons
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The Rai daily, mouthpiece for the Sons of Yemen Party, quoted unidentified sources as saying dozens of children were thrown into very crowded and small cells “full of criminals, killers and smokers.”They said the children were expected to be charged with destroying public property during widespread unrest across the country, sparked by a government price hike in oil-derivatives by up to 300 percent.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday vowed to punish everyone who took part in the riots and urged security leaders to chase down the demonstrators from television footage and photographs published in newspapers.
Amnesty International reported on the “arrest” of many children during the protests as well.
Random link dumps: The fishery exports rose from 12.9 thousand tons in 2000 to 47.6 thousand tons in 2004 and their values grew from $40 million to $312 million during the same period of time. Well thats good.
Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS), had recently sealed 20-year liquid natural gas (LNG) import contracts with three foreign natural gas suppliers, including Yemen, at rates 40 percent lower than current prices.
Al-Ahmar said the government would be held responsible if it were to go ahead with the LNG transaction without ensuring the adequacy of LNG reserves and the consistency of prices with international rates. He also warned the government of violating the parliamentary stipulations; otherwise ministers would be legally called to account either collectively or individually. He concluded that the prime minister’s answers to Parliament’s questions were generalizing and procrastinating, and clearly showed the fumbling, disorganized and inept nature of the government.
