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The Taiz Governorate Improvement Office launched a campaign today to eliminate stray dogs that have proliferated in the governorate’s capital. This initiative comes in response to a call from the governorate’s Siyaj (Fence) office and its efforts with relevant stakeholders, following the death of 7-year-old Ismail al-Wasabi last Thursday afternoon after he was attacked byContinue reading “A dog kills a child in Taiz, and authorities launch a campaign against rabid dogs.”
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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection renews its call to the Yemeni Parliament to pass a law setting a safe age for girls to marry. Siyaj calls for adopting the principle of a gradual approach to the age of marriage, allowing the judge or legally authorized body to properly assess the best interests of theContinue reading “Siyaj renews the Yemeni parliament’s call to pass a law that sets a safe age for girls to marry.”
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The Taiz Court in Taiz Governorate sentenced (M.S.) today to five years in prison, to be served immediately, and ordered him to pay a fine of one million riyals (approximately $4,000 USD) plus 200,000 riyals in court fees. The court also sentenced the second defendant, who aided the perpetrator, to one year in prison andContinue reading “Taiz court sentences two men to prison and fines for child rape”
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Bushra Al-Amiri: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection monitored 124 cases of child abduction last year, out of more than 150 cases reported in 2013. Among the victims were 19 girls. The organization’s report on the phenomenon of child abduction in 2013 confirmed the spread of this phenomenon amidst the unstableContinue reading “Fence: 124 kidnapping crimes against Yemeni children during the year 2013”
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Written by: Nada Anam: The monitoring center of the Seyaj Organization revealed that 124 children were kidnapped in Yemen during 2013. The head of the organization, Ahmed Al-Qurashi, explained that the report included cases that were verified and documented, indicating that the majority of the cases fit the description of being victims of human trafficking.Continue reading “Siyaj documents the kidnapping of 124 Yemeni children during 2013 and the kidnappers’ impunity”
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A court in eastern Sana’a sentenced two brothers to prison after convicting them of raping a ten-year-old girl. The ruling stipulated that both (H.S.) and his younger brother (S.S.) be imprisoned for five years, to be served immediately, and fined them ten million riyals as compensation to the victim and two hundred thousand riyals forContinue reading “Imprisonment from five to three years and financial compensation for the benefit of the child victims”
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The Siyaj Organization for Childhood is appealing to the Minister of Interior and the Governor of Shabwa for their urgent intervention to secure the release of a child abducted in Shabwa Governorate to force his tribe to pay a debt dating back twenty years. According to the victim’s father’s appeal to the organization, 12-year-old SalemContinue reading “Siyaj appeals to the Minister of Interior and the Governor of Shabwa to quickly release a kidnapped child.”
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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection strongly condemns the threats made against its representative in Al-Dhale’ Governorate, journalist and human rights activist Saleh Al-Mansoub. Siyaj calls upon the Attorney General and the Minister of the Interior to protect Mr. Al-Mansoub, launch an immediate investigation, and bring those responsible for these threats to justice. Mr. Al-MansoubContinue reading “Childhood Fence demands protection for its representative in Al-Dhali’”
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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection calls upon the Minister of Education, the Minister of the Interior, and the Governor of Ibb to intervene urgently and effectively to enable more than 800 children deprived of their right to education and to protect them from the dangers of tribal revenge that threaten their lives and personalContinue reading “Fence: Tribal revenge deprives more than 800 male and female students of education in Al-Udayn district, Ibb governorate”
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The Child Protection Organization (Siyaj) has frozen the marriage of two Yemeni children for five years. The parents of the two children (Na’ama Abdullah Al-Shwaiter, 13, and Hafiz Mansour Hamid Al-Hasani, 10) signed a written commitment to the organization promising not to proceed with the marriage until the children reach an age where they areContinue reading “A fence freezes the marriage of two children in Sana’a for 5 years”
