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YLS threatens to resort to collective political asylum
November 28, 2007- Chair of the Yemeni Lawyer Syndicate in Sana’a threatened that YLS will resort to political asylum if official authorities don’t end its constant violations against lawyers.
“Judges, prosecutions and security men commit infringements against lawyers through imprisoning them and preventing them form entering to police stations.
He further highlighted that YLS would plan to arrange protests, sit-ins and marches in case continuation of violations.
Yemeni Veterinaries Syndicate has called veterinaries all over the country for a general strike next Sunday to ask for better attention while fighting bird flu and taking care of animal wealth.
The syndicate said in a statement that it had demanded from the government some legal financial extra for veterinaries, 80% of salary, in accordance with “Regulating Animal Wealth Law” issued in 2004.
Although the president ordered to give veterinaries the requested extra to better their living standards, the order was ignored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, said the statement.
It said that officials in the ministry did ignore the financial allowances for Bird Flu Controlling Room.Because the syndicate is interested to avoid any troubles, specially in these difficult situations the country lives, it warns the ministry to positively interact with legal requests of veterinaries and all workers in animal wealth sector before implementing a general strike, said the statement.
A recent report, issued by the General Authority for Animal Resources in the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, has shown that the authority is unable to implement precautionary measures to prevent possible outbreaks of bird flu and rift valley diseases, which still threaten Yemen and neighboring areas.
The report attributes this incapacity to the lack of adequate funds to carry out preventive programs.
Few months ago, the Cabinet approved a support estimated at YR 50 million for agriculture sector to implement blocked projects.
