Alkarama was informed earlier in the week of the death of 20 protestors in various cities in Yemen who were killed over the course of February during peaceful protests in Mansoura and Maala City of Aden Province; Khormaksar, El Arish District; Dar Saada District; Sheikh Osman; and the capital, Sana'a. These protests were part of a wave of protests in the Arab world by populations seeking democratic change and an improvement in the human rights situation in their countries.
Protests started in Yemen on 26 January 2011 and have continued ever since. Alkarama has been following these events closely and today submitted the names of 20 people who were summarily executed by the Yemen security forces with total impunity. This, along with a list of 129 injured individuals was submitted to the Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions and other related Human-Rights-Council-appointed Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion. The number of those killed and injured is 20 as of 26 February 2011, and numbers are likely to continue to rise.
The majority of those killed were shot with live ammunition by security forces who were trying to break up protests. Others were victims of grenade attacks by security forces. Some died of their injuries in hospital. One of the victims was shot by a Government sniper and another was killed during an attack by pro-Government forces on a protestor camp in the middle of the night.
Alkarama is particularly alarmed to note that three minors, aged 14, 15 and 17 feature among those killed, and some as young as 12 are listed among the injured. Below is the list of those killed:
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Name |
Name in Arabic |
Age |
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Mohamed Ali Al Alouani |
محمد علي العلواني |
18 years old |
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Yassine Ali Ahmed Al Jahafi |
ياسين علي احمد الجحافي |
19 years old |
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Mohamed Ali Baashen |
محمد علي باعشن |
19 years old |
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Hussein Al Jahafi |
حسين الجحافي |
Unknown |
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Abdallah Albane |
عبدالله محمد البان |
27 years old |
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Ahmed Sabri |
احمد صبري |
19 years old |
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Abdel Hakim Mohamed Awad |
عبدالحكيم محمد عوض الكلدي |
14 years old |
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Arif Mohamed Ali Awad Al Yafii |
عارف محمد علي عوض اليافعي |
20 years old |
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Ghassane Ahmed Al Hanashi |
غسان احمد الحنشي |
18 years old |
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Mohamed Mounir |
محمد منير خان |
Unknown |
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Imad Omar Hamadi |
عماد عمر حمادي |
Unknown |
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Salem Mohamed Ali |
سالم محمد علي |
Unknown |
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Hani Mohamed Haitham |
هاني محمد هيثم |
22 years old |
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Mokbil Abdallah Mohamed Al Kazimi |
مقبل عبدالله محمد الكازمي |
18 years old |
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Ali Abdallah Khlaqi |
علي عبدالله خلاقي |
15 years old |
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Hamid Hassan Hamid |
حَميد حسين حَميد |
23 years old |
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Hayel Waleed Hayel |
هائل وليد هائل |
17 years old |
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Mazen Said Abdo Al Badiji |
مازن سعيد عبده البذيجي |
26 years old |
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Awad Kasem Qaid Al Sarihi |
عوض قسم قائد السريحي |
32 years old |
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Ayman Ali Hassan Abdelkarim Al Naqib |
أيمن علي حسن عبد الكريم النقيب |
20 years old |
This list of those injured is available here.
Alkarama calls on the Yemeni authorities to exercise restraint against protestors, and respect the internationally-recognised right to freedom of expression by allowing protestors to organise and carry out peaceful demonstrations. It recalls that Yemen has acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and must guarantee the right to life, as set out in article 6 of this Covenant.