Armies of Liberation

WOMEN JOURNALISTS WITHOUT CHAINS EXPRESS IT’S SOLIDARITY WITH STUDENTS MOVEMENT ACTIVISTS AND CONDEMNS VIOLENT AGGRESSION ON JOURNALISTS AND CITIZENS EXERTING THEIR RIGHTS OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLING AND MOVEMENT EXPRESSION.

Women Journalists Without Chains ( WJWC) pursue the frightening degradation of rights and freedoms in Yemen, on its frontage students freedoms and opinion and expression freedoms in its twins press freedoms and freedom of assembly and movement expression.

While WJWC condemns what is facing the students movement in the universities of Sana’a, Aden and Taiz, such illegal arresting and aggressions by security institutions due to political working, WJWC also detest security systems surrounding students the settled students in collogues of Aden University today 29-11-2008 for participating the anniversary of 30th of November and pointing fire guns at their faces.

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via email, my questions:

1- What is the name of the new council? (In English and Arabic)

2- What is the purpose of the new council? What do you hope to achieve?

3- What is the council’s position on the upcoming parliamentary elections?

4- I understand 350 delegates elected the Cabinet (or council). Who elected the delegates? (How many people does the council speak for?)

5- What is the relationship between the council and the YSP socialist party, and with the JMP opposition party alliance? Is the council entirely separate from the parties?

1- The name is the highest provisional council for the leading of the liberation of the South.

2- The purpose of the new council is the liberation of the south peacefully and to restore the state of the south as it has been acknowledged by the regional and international institutions, in another words, to restore its position in the Arabic league and the united nation and the league of the Islamic countries.
restoring of the identity and dignity of the South and the democratic state, as a grantee for the human rights, protecting and saving the national wealth and potentials’ that have been devastated or looted by the Yemeni authorities since the invasion of the military forces of YAR on the 7th of July 1994.we, therefore call the international community and human rights organizations to bear their mission to support our people to achieve their human rights in particular the five permanent members of the UN AND ALSO WE, CALL OUR BROTHERS IN THE GULF STAES TO PROVIDE ALL NESSASERLY MEANS TOWARD THE LIBERATION OF THE SOUTH AS THE STABILITY OF THEIR STATES IS STREGHNTHENING THE STABILITY OF THE SOUTH AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE SOUTH WITH THEIR ASSEMBLY IS A MAIN FACTOR TO SECURE THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE REGION AND THE WORLD.

3- We are going to achieve furthermore, the unity of all southern peoples and rehabilitation of the economics and encouraging the social developments and securing the peace in the country and regional and international arena, that can allow the contribution of the local and international investors with securing the bilateral benefits based on the laws released therefore, We opposing and standing up against any sort of terrorizing and extremism and we will do all efforts to secure the accommodation of the civilizations.

4- These 350 delegates are elected first by the districts and governorates.
The council speaks for all the population in all governorates of the south.

5- regarding the relationship with YSP OR JMP, THERE IS NO ANY SORTE OF RELATIONSHIP,LINKS OR EXTENTION TO THEM, BECAUSE OUR GOALS ARE COMPLETELLY DIFFERENT FROM THEM, HOWEVER WE RESPCT THE FREEDOM OF THE PARTIES AND POLITICAL OR SOCIAL GANIZATIONS AND THEIR OPONIONS, BASED ON THE DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF THE PARTIES, THE ESSENCE OF OUR LIBERALVISION IS THE TERASPANCY AND DEMOCRACY AND THE RIGHTS FOR ALL SOUTHERN, REGARDLESS THEIR POLITICAL, SOCIAL OR RELEGIOUS BELIEVE, HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHISISE THAT, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF ALL FERGMENTATIONS FROM ALL POLITICAL OR SOCIAL PERSONALITIES THEY ARE LOYALIST TO THE GOALS WE ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE, BUT THE SOUTH IS OUR UNITED HOMELAND, REGARDLESS RACE GENDER OR RELEGION,EQUAALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE KEEP RESPECT TO THE PEOPLES OF THE NORTH AND REASURE THEM THAT WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THEM, BUT WE WANT TO PUT AN END TO THE SUFFERING OF OUR SOUTHEREN PEOLES EXPERIENCED BY THE THE SYSTEM OF SANNA IN THE RECENT 14 YEARS.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely

Dr. Abdul Humid Shukri

Spokesman of the highest provisional council in the South

And Arabic

عزيزتي السيدة جين نوفاك

الموضوع : طلبكم

أولا وقبل كل شيء ، اسمحوا لي أن أتقدم بأطيب التحيات والشكر ، باسم المجلس الوطني الأعلىلتحرير واستعاده دوله الجنوب ،ذلك لاهتمامكم نحو تأسيس المجلس الأعلى المؤقت لقيادة مسيره التحرير واستعاده دوله الجنوب,المنتخب في 14 تشرين الثاني / نوفمبر2008 من قبل 350 مندوب يمثلون جميع محافظات الجنوب.

1 — وكما ذكرت اسم المجلس هو: المجلس الوطني الأعلى لتحرير واستعاده دوله الجنوب.

2 — الغرض من المجلس الجديد هو تحرير الجنوب سلميا لاستعادة دولة الجنوب, التي كانت محتفظ بها من جانب المؤسسات الإقليمية والدولية ، بكلمات أخرى، لاستعادة مكانتها في الجامعة العربية والأمم المتحدة وجامعة الدول العربية ورابطه العالم الإسلامي.
واستعادة هوية و كرامة الجنوب ودولتة الديمقراطية ، بوصفها صمام أمان لتأمين حقوق الإنسان في الجنوب عن طريق الحصول على استقلالها ، وحماية وإنقاذ الثروة الوطنية و قدراتها ‘التي دمرت و نهبت من قبل النظام العسكري اليمني، التي غزت الجنوب في السابع من تموز / يوليه 1994 والتي احتلت بالقوة.

ولذلك ، ندعو المجتمع الدولي ومنظمات حقوق الإنسان لتحمل مهماتها لدعم شعبنا ولحماية حقوقه الأنسانيه, ولا سيما الدول الخمس الدائمة العضوية في الأمم المتحدة, كما نطالب الأشقاء في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي, لتقديم كل وسائل الدعم لشعبنا من أجل تحرير الجنوب, لكون تعزيز وتقويه استقرار دولهم, يكمن في استقرار الجنوب, والجنوب بتكامله مع مجلسهم يمثل عامل رئيسي لضمان عملية السلام والاستقرار في المنطقة والعالم.

3 – أننا ومن خلال مجلسنا,علاوة على ذلك ، نعمل على تعزيز وحمايه وحدةأبناء شعبنا في الجنوب, وإعادة تأهيل الاقتصاد وتشجيع التنميه الاجتماعية وتأمين السلام في البلادوالساحتين الدولية والإقليمية ، والذي من خلال استتبابه يمكن أن يسمح مساهمة المستثمرين المحليين والدوليين على قاعدة تأمين المصالح المتبادلة على أساس القوانين المنظمة لذلك.

ولذلك ، فأننا في المجلس نعارض ونقف ضد أي نوع من إلارهاب والتطرف ، وسوف نبذل كل الجهود لتأمين تعايش الحضارات.

4 – بخصوص المندوبين الذين حضروا اللقاءتم انتخاب 350 مندوبا اولا من المديريات ومن ثم المحافظات.

المجلس المؤقت الأعلى يعتبر صوت لتمثيل جميع السكان في جميع المحافظات من الجنوب.

5 — بشأن العلاقة مع الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني أو اللقاء المشترك JMP ، لا يوجد أي نوع لأي علاقة ، أو صلة EXTENTION لهم ، لأن أهدافنا مختلفة عن أهدافهم ، ولكننا نكن الاحترام (RESPCT) لكافه لأطراف السياسية والاجتماعية من منطلق ضماننا والتزاماتنا تجاه حرية الآراء، على أساس الديمقراطية،وتمثل الشفافية والديمقراطية جوهر عملنا,لضمان الحقوق لجميع أبناء شعبنا في الجنوب، بصرف النظر عن انتماءاتهم السياسية والاجتماعية أو الدينية()RELEGIOUS )، مع تأكيدنا لجميع التكوينات من جميع الشخصيات السياسية و الاجتماعية التي تقف معنا على عزمنا ودأبنا لتحقيق الأهداف تلك, لكون الجنوب الموحد وطن للجميع، بغض النظر عن العرق أو الجنس أو الدين RELEGION) )، فالمساواة والعدالة(EQUAALITY للجميع.

ونحب التأكيد هنا من أننا نكن كل محبه وأحترام للشعب في الشمال ونطمئنهم أن شعبناليس لديه شيء ضدهم ، لكننا نريد وضع حد ونهايه لمعاناة شعبناالتي يمر بها منذو 14 عاما, جرا احتلاله من قبل نظام صنعاء.

أرجو أن أكون قد أعطيتكم صورة واضحة في هذا البيان الإعلامي.
بما يشفي طلبكم.

شكرا كثير لمساعدتكم و أعمالكم المثابرة, لاستعادة حقوق الإنسان لشعبنا, الذي سيظل مدينا لكم بالاحترام ويتذكرها لما تبذلونه من جهود ، ونحن نرى أن من المهم جدا وحاسم لتوضيح قضية الجنوب أمام المجتمع الدولي ، على أساس أنها أضحت حقائق على الأرض لا يمكن تجاهلها، لكونها تمثل أهمية وضرورة لتأمين وحفظ السلام في المنطقة والعالم.

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Aden, Yemen: The Public Security Department (PSD) submitted charges against a top opposition leader and an editor to Aden’s prosecutor in connection with a January 13 demonstration at which four protesters were killed when police opened fire on the crowd.

Ayman Mohammed Nasser, editor of Attariq newspaper and Ali Monassar, head of the Yemeni Socialists Party, may face treason charges for organizing the demonstration. The charges carry a potential death penalty. No charges have been filed against the police officers or their commanders in connection with the four deaths.

Ali Monassar, Socialist Party leader in Aden
faces treason charges for organizing a rally

Reliable sources in Aden report many organizers of the festival, which urged national reconciliation, are under investigation.

Ali Monassar, who also heads the opposition coalition Joint Meeting Parties in Aden Governorate, refused to attend the investigation in prosecution office located in Sheikh Othman district.

Editor in Chief of Aden’s Attariq newspaper, Ayman Mohammed Nasser, was subject to three hours of interrogation yesterday by the prosecutor. Nasser denied all accusations made by the agent of prosecution office.

AOL received information that the charges leveled by the PSD and forwarded to the prosecutor include:
1. Aggression towards the independent of Yemen republic.
2. Threat of security and social stability.
3. Exposing the public transportation to danger.
4. Mischief to private property.

Editor Ayman Nasser called before the prosecutor.

The Yemeni regime attributes the citizens’ deaths to an “infiltrator” who wrested a gun away from a security official and then shot into the crowd. Witnesses however report multiple security personnel were shooting, and video of the protest indicates the shooting lasted several minutes.

Update: Yemen Times covers Editor

Likewise, Al-Sheik O’thman Prosecution Court in Aden investigated with Aymen M. Nasser, the Editor in Chief of Al-Tareek newspaper, as he and other people participated in the Reconciliation and Forgiveness Rally which took place on Jan.13 in Al-Hashemi square in Al-Sheik O’thman city.

Accompanied by three lawyers, Nasser requested the prosecution court to let him know the charge directed against him. He was told that investigation was based on a notification made by the governorate security in Aden against him and others. The charge, according to the governorate security notification, is, “Transgressing the Republic’s independence, shaking security and social stability as well as exposing transportation to jeopardy, and damaging private properties.”

Attended by his lawyers, Nasser was being investigated from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

“I was asked 23 questions regarding my relationship with the rally and its preparation and the names of the organizers,” said Nasser.

“As a journalist and a participant, I was also investigated about the purpose and reasons why committees were formed to organize the rally and also the number of banners and slogans chanted. The investigators also asked me about if there were slogans chanted against the national unity or inciting violence and feuds. I denied all these charges,” he said.

Nasser was in charge of the media committee for the rally, in which three people were shot dead and tens were injured. This came after fierce clashes took place between the security personnel and protesters who chanted secessionist slogans.

Nasser also said that the charge against him in the security notice also carries the penalty of the death sentence according to Yemeni law.

A Yemeni Parliamentary committee issued a report in 2006 naming 26 persons who illegally profited from land confiscated in Aden following Yemen’s 1994 civil war. The list includes Members of Parliament and the Shoura Council, military and security force commanders, current and former judges and ministers. The Parliamentary committee recommended that the land owners receive compensation for their losses, however none has been paid.

The following is a translation of the document that includes a description of the individual’s position in brackets for the readers’ benefit:

LIST OF THE NAMES AND AREAS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO RECIEVED CONTRACTS FROM THE GOVERNORATE LEADERSHIP AND PREVIOUS MANAGER OF INTERIOR TRADING CORPORATION (HUSSEIN NASER OMAYER), ACCORDING TO THE (PARLIAMENTARY) FIELD SURVEY.

NAME (CURRENT POSITION) AREA DISPOSITION

1 NASER MANSOOR HADI
(The brother of Yemeni Vice President, Abdo Rabo Mansour Hadi, and Agent of Political Security Forces of Aden,Lahj and Abyan governorates)
received 4.6 ACRES,
sold to ALI SOLAIMAN DAHSH 2 ACRES, and ALAWADHI 3 ACRES

2 HUSIEN NASER OMAYER
(Previous general manager of Interior Trading Company in south)
received 20 ACRES
SOLD TO Gamal Qasem 7 acres, Salem Balfaqeh 2 acres, Abdul baset 1 acre

3 MUHAMMED SALEH AL-MOHAMMADI
received 3.0 ACRES
SOLD TO SADEQ ABDO MOHAMMED 3.0 ACRES

4 MOHAMMED SALEH TUREIQ
(General Manager of Sa’ada Security Forces, former GM of Aden Security.)
received 5.3 ACRES
SOLD TO GAMAL QASEM 5.0 ACRES

5 BELAL ALI MOHSEN
received 4.8 ACRES

6 MOAAD TAHA GHANEM
(Son of the former governor of Aden) Taha Ghanem
received 3.7 ACRES SOLD TO ALI AL-YAMANI

7 ABDULLA AHMED GHANEM
(Member of al-Shoura Council, formerly Minister of Legal Affairs)
received 8.3 ACRES
SOLD TO ALI AL-YAMANI

8 TAHA HUSEIN NASER OMAYER
(Son of Hussain Naser Omayer )
received 2.1 ACRES
SOLD TO ALI AL-YAMANI

9 WALEED AL-FADHLI
received 3.0 ACRES
SOLD TO ALI AL-HAG AHMED AND HIS PARTNER

10 ALI SHEIKH OMER
received 2.8 ACRES
SOLD TO AL-QERN TRADING CORPORATION

11 MOHAMED ALI SALEM AL-SHADDADI
(Member of Parliament)
received 3.3 ACRES

12 HUSEIN MOHAMMED ARAB
(Member of al-Shoura Council, previously the Minister of Interior Affairs)
received 2.7 ACRES
SOLD TO ALI SALEH AL-AWADHI

13 FAISAL RAGAB
(High ranking military commander)
1.0 ACRE SOAM + WALL

14 ABDUL-QAREEM SHAEF
(General Secretary of conference party in Aden governorate)
offered 1.0 ACRE SOAM + WALL
REFUSED

15 FAHEEM ABDULLA MOHSEN
(Chief Justice of Sana’a Commercial Court, previously Chief Justice of Aden Commercial Court)
1.0 ACRE SOAM + WALL SOLD TO NOR AL-DIN FAKHRI

16 RASHEED HOWAIDI
(Justice serving on the Republic High court, previously Chief Justice of Aden Appeal court, )
received 1.2 ACRES SOAM + WALL
SOLD TO ALI GAMAL QASEM

17 SALEH AL-AMMARI
(former judge in Aden Appeals Court)
received 1.1 ACRES SOAM + WALL
SOLD TO MOHAMMED BA-HASHWAN

18 NOR AL-DEEN FAKHRI
(former General Manager of Yemeni Port Authority)
received 0.9 ACRE WALL + VILLA

19 MOHAMED AHMED ALKHAILA
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

20 MOHAMED ABDULLA AL-BATANI
(Member of al-Shoura Council, previously Minister of Interior)
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

21 AHMED ABOBAKER AL-SOMAHI
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

22 ALI AHMED AL-SEIAGHI
(Vice minister of trade)
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

23 FARID MOGAWAR
(previous General Manager of Fish Wealth)
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

24 MAHDI ABD AL-SALAM
(General Manager of Taiz Education, previously General Manager of Aden Education)
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

25 MOHAMMED GOMEA AL KHADHER
(previous General Manager of Aden International Airport, dismissed)
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

26 MANSOOR SALEH BASORRA
received 0.86 ACRE WHITE LAND

27 SHADWAN AL-MOHAMADI
received 2 ACRES WALL

TOTAL 80.4 ACRES

ADDITIONAL REMARKS ABOUT LIST OF 26:
1. ADDED NAME OF SHADWAN AL- MOHAMMADI IN AREA (2) ACRES TO LIST OF (26).
2. THE TOTAL AREAS ACCORDING TO FIELD SURVEYING (ON FIELD = 80.4 ACRES).
3. THE AREAS ACCORDING TO THE LIST OF INSTRUCTION = 102.0 ACRES.
4. THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN FIELD SURVEYING AND INSTRUCTION