URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE
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28 November 2005
Further Information on UA 139/04 issued 6 April 2004
and re-issued 7 April 2005; 13 September 2005 Unfair
Trial/Fear of Execution/Imminent Execution
YEMEN: Fuad 'Ali Mohsen al-Shahari (m), aged about 45
Fuad 'Ali Mohsen al-Shahari is scheduled to be executed on
29 November, his family have been told by the General
Prosecution's Office in Taiz. The President still has the
power to stop the execution.
Fuad al-Shahari was sentenced to death on 12 November
1996, after proceedings that fell short of minimum
international fair trial standards. He apparently confessed to
murder after he was held incommunicado for a month, and
allegedly tortured. The Court of Appeal and the Supreme
Court upheld the death sentence in May 1999 and March
2004 respectively. In August 2004, the President is said to
have ordered the Office of the Attorney General to review
his case, but is reported to have ratified the death sentence
on 6 September 2005.
Amnesty International has campaigned continuously on
Fuad al-Shahari's behalf: most recently this included
appeals during Ramadan, in October, for the President to
commute the death sentence.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to
arrive as quickly as possible:
- calling for the President to intervene immediately and
stop the execution of Fuad al-Shahari;
- reminding the authorities that Yemen is bound by
international standards for fair trial in capital cases,
including the right to seek pardon or commutation of the
sentence;
- acknowledging that the government has a right to bring to
justice those responsible for criminal offences, but
expressing unconditional opposition to the death penalty.
APPEALS TO:
President
His Excellency General =B4Ali =B4Abdullah Saleh
President of the Republic of Yemen
Sana'a
Republic of Yemen
Fax: 011 967 127 4147
Salutation: Your Excellency
His Excellency 'Abdullah al-Ulufi
Attorney General
Attorney General's Office
Sana'a
Republic of Yemen
Fax: 011 967 137 4412
Salutation: Your Excellency
COPIES TO:
Ambassador Abdulwahab A. Al-Hajjri
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
2319 Wyoming Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph: 1 202 965 4760
Fax: 1 202 337 2017
Email: ambassa...@yemenembassy.org
Please send appeals immediately.
Amnesty International is a worldwide grassroots movement that
promotes and defends human rights.
This Urgent Action may be reposted if kept intact, including
contact information and stop action date (if applicable). Thank
you for your help with this appeal.
Urgent Action Network
Amnesty International USA
PO Box 1270
Nederland CO 80466-1270
Email: u...@aiusa.org
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/
Phone: 303 258 1170
Fax: 303 258 7881
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