Yemen: Cracking down under pressure

Amnesty International, 2010, 83 pages

The Yemeni authorities, facing growing internal and external pressures, are abandoning human rights in the name of security. Internationally, though action is beeing demanded to combat al-Qa'ida based in Yemen. Inside Yemen, the state is being challenged by a secessionist movement in the south, an intermittent conflict in the north, armed tribes that effectively control large areas of the country, and a desperate economic situation.

The report calls on the Yemeni goverment to respect human rights at all times, however difficult the challenges and however intense the pressures. It also urges other governments to do all they can to ensure that human rights are fully respected and promoted in Yemen.