The Prison Called Yemen #16: Nat’l Security Head Summoned
Yes Saleh’s nephew is the de facto head of the National Security. The Yemeni government switched the authority for handling the airports from the PSO to the National Security in 2006 after the planeloads of jihaddis flying out on Yemenia got a bit embarrassing. The National Security in its new role cracked down hard- on opposition politicians, journalists and activists attempting to fly out of Sana’a.
al Sahwa
Yemeni parliament has approved to summon the deputy chief of the National Security Organization Ammar Mohammad Abdullah Saleh, nephew of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, on grounds of violations oppositionists face in the Sana’a International Airport.Parliamentarians stressed the importance of summoning Ammar considering him the de facto official of the security organization.
The demands of summoning came following the complaints raised by the representative Abdul-Salam Zabia last week as he was interrupted at the airport and prevented from travel by security organization.
Zabia said he was prevented from traveling abroad and he was investigated and threatened by pointing weapon at him.
Abdul-Razaq al-Hajri, MP, considered what happened to his colleague as a dangerous indication of violations Yemenis face in the airport.
It is worth noticing MPs, politicians, journalists and activists are always interrupted and prevented from travel by the National Security Organization.
