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Monday, August 18, 2008 JURIST

Yemen parliament rejects electoral amendments[فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] at 11:29 AM ET




[JURIST] The [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] [official website, in Arabic] on Monday voted against a bill which would have amended the country's electoral laws by restricting government officials from influencing the ballot. The bill would also have required electors to register in either their place of birth or residence rather than their place of work. Yemen's ruling [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] (GPC) [party website] voted against the bill, while members of the main opposition party, [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] (YSP) [Nationmaster backgrounder], boycotted Monday's vote as they pushed [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] [official website, in English] to release fellow party members detained since clashes with police in April. Eight senior YSP officials are currently being tried on charges of incitement and secession. AFP has [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل].

In April, [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] [AFP report] against alleged northern bias in government jobs turned violent as at least one man killed was killed in confrontations with police. Several YSP members were taken into custody, accused of inciting deadly unrest. YSP lawmakers have called for Saleh to order the release of all "political prisoners." In June, Yemen [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] [JURIST report] 14 accused [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] [GlobalSecurity backgrounder] rebels, among them outspoken Yemeni journalist [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] [advocacy profile], for their roles in an ongoing Shi'ite uprising. All but one of the rebels received prison sentences of up to ten years, with the last rebel receiving the death sentence for plotting attacks on Yemeni military bases. Yemeni authorities accuse Zayidi Shi'ite of trying to impose Shi'ite [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] [BBC backgrounder] on the country, but group members say they are only defending their community from a hostile government.

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