Aden is Persecution City
Alsahwa.netFebruary 21, 2008 –Yemeni Socialist Party in Aden governorate has accused the Yemeni authorities of transforming Aden city to a pursuit and persecution square.
It further said that Yemen’s authorities intimidated YSP leaders with killing crimes and violence.
It further condemned ongoing pursuits of its top leader, Ali Monasar ,other activists and politicians, warning of any risk committed by the authorities to raid the YSP headquarters in Aden or arrest Ali Monasar.
It also claimed all international human rights organizations to press on Yemeni authorities and bring all perpetrators who committed crimes against protestors in Aden to justice and hold them accountable .
Land Grab Estimate
“That didn’t happen,” said Abdul-Ghani al-Iryani, co-author of a paper on southern discontent published this month by the Washington-based Middle East Institute.
“Instead northern commanders, prominent sheikhs and businessmen went down and, one way or another, secured over half the land in Aden and maybe 20 to 30 percent of the agricultural land in (the province of) Abyan,” the Sanaa-based analyst added.
