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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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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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Today, the Seyaj Organization launched the second phase of its project to combat the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts. At the inauguration ceremony for the project, implemented by Siyaj in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sana’a, BrigadierContinue reading “In cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and with the presence of UNICEF: Siyaj launches a second phase to combat child recruitment with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany.”
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and ADRA are presenting the film “Painful Weddings,” produced by the Seyaj Organization in 2012 with support from the U.S. State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), which aims to reduce child marriage in Yemen. The two international organizations are conducting a series of activities to educateContinue reading “The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the organization (ADRA) are presenting the film “Painful Weddings” for displaced people from Saada.”
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Introduction: The crime of recruiting and involving Yemeni children in armed conflicts is constantly escalating due to the lack of mechanisms and means to protect children. Foremost among these is the absence of any national legislation criminalizing and punishing those who recruit children, and the existence of misguided notions that view bearing arms and participatingContinue reading “Yemen: Child Recruitment: Unchecked Violation – Siyaj Report 2011-2012”
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Seyaj Organization for Child Protection welcomes the historic decision of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Yemen, Field Marshal Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to prohibit the recruitment of children under the age of 18 in #Yemen. Seyaj affirms that the President’s decision today represents a victory for children’s rights and the culmination ofContinue reading “As a culmination of efforts since 2009, President Hadi issues a decree banning the recruitment of children in Yemen.”
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In response to appeals for help received by Siyaj from minors facing the death penalty, some with final court rulings, the organization held a meeting at its headquarters in Sana’a with a number of the minors’ families, media outlets, and human rights organizations. During his opening remarks at the meeting, the organization’s president, Ahmed Al-Qurashi,Continue reading “Siyaj holds a hearing to prevent the execution of more than two hundred minors by court order.”
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Lawyers and human rights activists agreed on the necessity for Yemen to enact national legislation criminalizing the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts, including deterrent penalties for perpetrators of this serious violation, and to align all national legislation with relevant international conventions and treaties, most notably the Convention on the Rights of theContinue reading “The fence and the Bar Association: National legislation must be enacted criminalizing the recruitment of children and imposing deterrent penalties.”
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The Seyaj Organization agreed today with Major General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, Commander of the 1st Armored Division and the Northwestern Military Region, on a joint timeline for the demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration of recruits suspected of being under 18. As part of its campaign against child recruitment, the Seyaj Organization called on UNICEF Yemen toContinue reading “Fence: 100 Yemeni soldiers under the age of 18 were discharged”
