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Minister of Education Dr. Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Ashwal met with Seyaj President Ahmed Al-Qurashi to discuss building an effective partnership between the ministry and the organization to raise awareness of children’s rights. The meeting addressed the dangers of ignorance about educational rights and the resulting increase in school dropout rates. It also explored the possibility ofContinue reading “Seyaj Discusses Child Rights Awareness in Schools with the Minister of Education”

The Improvement Office in Taiz governorate launched a campaign to eliminate rabid dogs that had spread across the city center, in response to calls from Seyaj’s office in the governorate and the efforts it made with the relevant authorities. The move followed the death of seven-year-old Ismail Al-Wasabi after he was attacked by a dogContinue reading “A Dog Kills a Child in Taiz and Authorities Launch a Campaign Against Rabid Dogs”

A court in Taiz sentenced the main defendant in the rape of a child to five years in prison and imposed a fine of one million Yemeni rials, in addition to legal costs. A second defendant who assisted the crime was sentenced to one year in prison and fined two hundred thousand rials. Seyaj’s representativeContinue reading “Taiz Court Sentences Two Defendants in the Rape of a Child”

The Monitoring Center at Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection revealed that 124 boys and girls were abducted in Yemen during 2013. Seyaj President Ahmed Al-Qurashi explained that the report covered only cases that had been verified and documented, adding that many of them fit the description of human-trafficking victims. The report, published by the organizationContinue reading “Seyaj Documents the Abduction of 124 Yemeni Children During 2013 and the Impunity of Kidnappers”

A court in eastern Sana’a sentenced two brothers after convicting them in the rape of a ten-year-old girl. The ruling imposed five years’ imprisonment with enforcement and ordered them to pay ten million Yemeni rials in compensation to the victim, in addition to court costs. In a separate case, a court in western Taiz convictedContinue reading “Prison Sentences and Financial Compensation Awarded for Child Victims”

Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection strongly condemned threats made against its representative in Al Dhalea governorate, journalist and human rights activist Saleh Al-Mansoub. The organization called on the Attorney General and the Minister of Interior to protect Al-Mansoub, open an urgent investigation, and bring those responsible for the threats to justice. According to the reportContinue reading “Seyaj Calls for Protection of Its Representative in Al Dhalea”