2010 Human Rights Report: Yemen
Domestic human rights NGOs operated throughout the year. The NGO landscape was complex. The government provides a stipend to all registered NGOs; however, some ministries reportedly harassed NGOs crit...
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Protesters in Yemen target child bride law
SANA’A // Hundreds of Yemeni women gathered in front of Sana’a’s parliament building yesterday to protest against the government establishing a minimum legal age for marriage .Most o...
2009 Human Rights Report: Yemen
Domestic human rights NGOs operated throughout the year. Although progovernment NGOs received support from the government or ruling party, others received support from opposition parties or were fully...
BBC: A 12-Year-Old Pregnant Girl and Her Fetus Die in Yemen During Childbirth
A 12-year-old girl died in Yemen, along with her fetus, due to a difficult delivery. Seyaj said that the child, Fawzia Abdullah Youssef, who was forced to marry at an early age, died on Friday in the ...
Yemen crisis talks fail as Saleh’s deputy shuns meetings
SANA’A // Talks to resolve Yemen’s political crisis have failed after the deputy to the country’s wounded president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, refused to speak with groups demanding he ced...