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Yemen: Death penalty/legal concern, Yahia Hussein al-Dailami
PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 31/012/2005
07 July 2005

UA 182/05 Death penalty/legal concern

YEMEN Yahia Hussein al-Dailami (m), cleric

Cleric Yahia al-Dailami was sentenced to death on 29 May. It has recently
become clear that his trial fell short of international standards of fairness.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/EN ... of=ENG-YEM
Amnesty International believes he may be a prisoner of conscience, detained
solely because of his criticism of the government.

Yahia al-Dailami is a member of the Shia Zaidi community. In his sermons he is
reported to have called for peaceful protests against the mass arrests of
Zaidis that have taken place since the invasion of Iraq.

Yahia al-Dailami was reportedly arrested on 9 September 2004 and was detained
incommunicado for at least a month. In November he was reportedly charged with
vaguely worded offences including "communicating with Iran," "conspiring to
overthrow the republican system" and "supporting Hussain Badr al-Din al-Huthi"
(a Zaidi cleric who was an outspoken critic of the US invasion of Iraq). Yahia
al-Dailami is reported to have claimed that he only met al-Huthi once.

His lawyers were reportedly prevented from reading relevant documents, and
obtaining a copy of the court file containing the charge sheet and details of
the evidence against him. On 30 January they resigned in protest at procedural
irregularities in his arrest and detention, stating that the he could not
receive a fair trial.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Amnesty International has longstanding concerns about the application of the
death penalty in Yemen, particularly as death sentences are often passed after
proceedings which fall short of international standards for fair trial.

Cleric Hussain Badr al-Din al-Huthi was a strident critic of the US-led 2003
invasion of Iraq. Hundreds of his followers were detained every week for
shouting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans after Friday prayers. Clashes
between government forces and armed followers of al-Huthi began in June 2004,
after al-Huthi refused a government request to hand himself over to the
security forces. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, were killed. Al-Huthi himself was
killed in September.

The security forces are reported to have carried out mass arrests in Sa’da and
other parts of the country, particularly the capital, Sana’a, where there are
large Zaidi communities. Those arrested include suspected followers of Hussain
Badr al-Din al-Huthi as well as religious people who expressed their opposition
to the security forces' continuing arrests and other actions against the Zaidi
community. Some are said to have been released after at most a month in
custody, but those still held are reported to be detained incommunicado and may
be at risk of torture. (See UA 219/04, MDE 31/002/2004, 9 July 2004.)


AI Index: MDE 31/012/2005 7 July 2005

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