{"id":1981182,"date":"2007-08-03T21:53:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T13:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/?p=1981182"},"modified":"2023-04-13T05:32:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:32:18","slug":"urgent-another-yemeni-youth-facing-imminent-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/2007\/08\/03\/urgent-another-yemeni-youth-facing-imminent-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT: Another Yemeni Youth facing imminent execution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PUBLIC                                                 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Index: MDE<\/span><\/font> 31\/008\/2007<\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

1 August 2007<\/span><\/font>           <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Further Information on UA 79\/05 (MDE<\/span><\/font> 31\/003\/2005<\/span><\/font>,<\/span><\/font> 5 April 2005<\/span><\/font>) and follow-up (MDE<\/span><\/font> 31\/004\/2005<\/span><\/font>,<\/span><\/font> 7 April 2005<\/span><\/font>) – Fear of imminent execution<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

YEMEN<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>      <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Hafez Ibrahim (m) <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against Hafez Ibrahim. Neither he nor his lawyer was reportedly informed of the court\u2019s decision until yesterday, when the lawyer learnt that the execution is imminent.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Hafez Ibrahim was sentenced to death in 2005 for a murder he allegedly committed when he was<\/strong> 16. His death sentence was ratified by the President and was reportedly scheduled to be carried out on<\/span><\/font> 6 April 2005<\/span><\/font>.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

However the former Minister of Human Rights had told Amnesty International that after this UA was issued on<\/span><\/font> 5 April 2005<\/span><\/font>, she appealed personally to the President to stay the execution. She also said that Hafez Ibrahim’s age was disputed. She undertook to seek commutation of the death sentence, by obtaining a pardon from the family of the murder victim. On<\/span><\/font> 7 April 2005<\/span><\/font> the Yemeni president stayed Hafez Ibrahim\u2019s execution to allow time for an agreement to be reached in the case.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Relatives of the victim have reportedly refused to pardon Hafez Ibrahim, and in July 2007 the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hafez.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yemen<\/span><\/font> has made significant progress in the prohibition of the use of the death penalty against juveniles, but courts continue to sentence children to death. The legal progress to prohibit the use of the death penalty against children followed the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the government in 1991. At that time the prohibition of the use of the death penalty against juveniles was limited to offenders below the age of 15 at the time of the crime. However, this categorical prohibition was extended in 1994 to include children below the age of 18 at the time of the commission of capital offences. This is stipulated in Article 31 of the Penal Code, Law 12 of 1994, and marks a positive progress bringing Yemen\u2019s laws into line with Article 37 of the CRC and Article 6 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which categorically prohibit the use of the death penalty against anyone under 18 years of age at the time of commission of any capital offence.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Yemen<\/span><\/font>\u2019s legislative progress in this regard has not been consistently matched by the practice of the courts, which have sometimes imposed the death penalty on offenders who were below the age of 18 at the time of the offence.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED ACTION<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>: Please send fresh appeals quickly:<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

-  urging the authorities to protect Hafez Ibrahim from execution;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

-  expressing grave concern that the death sentence imposed on Hafez Ibrahim was upheld contrary to Article 31 of the Yemeni Penal Code, Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibit the use of the death penalty against juveniles and call for the death sentence to be replaced by a penalty consistent with international standards for the administration of juvenile justice;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

– urging the President to commute all outstanding death sentences and establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty, as called for by Paragraph 5(b) of resolution 2001\/68 of the Commission on Human Rights.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

APPEALS TO<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>:<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

President:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency General \u00b4Ali \u00b4Abdullah Saleh<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
President of the<\/span><\/font> Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font> <\/font><\/address>\n
Sana’a<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax:          011  967 127 4147<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
. <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Attorney General:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency Abdullah al-Ulufi<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Office of Attorney General<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Sanaa,<\/span><\/font> Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax:          011  967 137 4412<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
. <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Minister of Interior:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency Dr Rashid Muhammad al-Alimi<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ministry of Interior<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Sana’a<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax: 011  967 1 332 511<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
.<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
Minister of Human Rights:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Her Excellency Houda \u2018Ali \u2018Abdullatif al- Baan<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ministry for Human Rights<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Sana\u2019a,<\/span><\/font> Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Faxes:               011  967 1 444 838<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
. <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/font><\/address>\n
COPIES TO<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>:<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency Dr. Abdulla Abdulwali Nasher<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ambassador for<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
54 Chamberlain Avenue<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ottawa<\/span><\/font>,<\/span><\/font> Ontario<\/span><\/font> K1S 1V9<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax: (613) 729-8915<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
E-mail:<\/span><\/font> info@yemenincanada.ca<\/u><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/span> <\/font><\/address>\n

Thank you for standing by, ready to respond again on behalf of Hafez Ibrahim<\/font>.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PUBLIC                                                 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Index: MDE<\/span><\/font> 31\/008\/2007<\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

1 August 2007<\/span><\/font>           <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Further Information on UA 79\/05 (MDE<\/span><\/font> 31\/003\/2005<\/span><\/font>,<\/span><\/font> 5 April 2005<\/span><\/font>) and follow-up (MDE<\/span><\/font> 31\/004\/2005<\/span><\/font>,<\/span><\/font> 7 April 2005<\/span><\/font>) – Fear of imminent execution<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

YEMEN<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>      <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Hafez Ibrahim (m) <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against Hafez Ibrahim. Neither he nor his lawyer was reportedly informed of the court\u2019s decision until yesterday, when the lawyer learnt that the execution is imminent.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Hafez Ibrahim was sentenced to death in 2005 for a murder he allegedly committed when he was<\/strong> 16. His death sentence was ratified by the President and was reportedly scheduled to be carried out on<\/span><\/font> 6 April 2005<\/span><\/font>.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

However the former Minister of Human Rights had told Amnesty International that after this UA was issued on<\/span><\/font> 5 April 2005<\/span><\/font>, she appealed personally to the President to stay the execution. She also said that Hafez Ibrahim’s age was disputed. She undertook to seek commutation of the death sentence, by obtaining a pardon from the family of the murder victim. On<\/span><\/font> 7 April 2005<\/span><\/font> the Yemeni president stayed Hafez Ibrahim\u2019s execution to allow time for an agreement to be reached in the case.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Relatives of the victim have reportedly refused to pardon Hafez Ibrahim, and in July 2007 the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hafez.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yemen<\/span><\/font> has made significant progress in the prohibition of the use of the death penalty against juveniles, but courts continue to sentence children to death. The legal progress to prohibit the use of the death penalty against children followed the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the government in 1991. At that time the prohibition of the use of the death penalty against juveniles was limited to offenders below the age of 15 at the time of the crime. However, this categorical prohibition was extended in 1994 to include children below the age of 18 at the time of the commission of capital offences. This is stipulated in Article 31 of the Penal Code, Law 12 of 1994, and marks a positive progress bringing Yemen\u2019s laws into line with Article 37 of the CRC and Article 6 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which categorically prohibit the use of the death penalty against anyone under 18 years of age at the time of commission of any capital offence.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Yemen<\/span><\/font>\u2019s legislative progress in this regard has not been consistently matched by the practice of the courts, which have sometimes imposed the death penalty on offenders who were below the age of 18 at the time of the offence.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED ACTION<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>: Please send fresh appeals quickly:<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

-  urging the authorities to protect Hafez Ibrahim from execution;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

-  expressing grave concern that the death sentence imposed on Hafez Ibrahim was upheld contrary to Article 31 of the Yemeni Penal Code, Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibit the use of the death penalty against juveniles and call for the death sentence to be replaced by a penalty consistent with international standards for the administration of juvenile justice;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

– urging the President to commute all outstanding death sentences and establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty, as called for by Paragraph 5(b) of resolution 2001\/68 of the Commission on Human Rights.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

APPEALS TO<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>:<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

President:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency General \u00b4Ali \u00b4Abdullah Saleh<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
President of the<\/span><\/font> Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font> <\/font><\/address>\n
Sana’a<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax:          011  967 127 4147<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
. <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Attorney General:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency Abdullah al-Ulufi<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Office of Attorney General<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Sanaa,<\/span><\/font> Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax:          011  967 137 4412<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
. <\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Minister of Interior:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency Dr Rashid Muhammad al-Alimi<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ministry of Interior<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Sana’a<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax: 011  967 1 332 511<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
.<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
Minister of Human Rights:<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Her Excellency Houda \u2018Ali \u2018Abdullatif al- Baan<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ministry for Human Rights<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Sana\u2019a,<\/span><\/font> Republic<\/span><\/font> of<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Faxes:               011  967 1 444 838<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Salutation: Your Excellency<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
. <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/font><\/address>\n
COPIES TO<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>:<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
His Excellency Dr. Abdulla Abdulwali Nasher<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ambassador for<\/span><\/font> Yemen<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
54 Chamberlain Avenue<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
Ottawa<\/span><\/font>,<\/span><\/font> Ontario<\/span><\/font> K1S 1V9<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/address>\n
Fax: (613) 729-8915<\/span><\/font><\/address>\n
E-mail:<\/span><\/font> info@yemenincanada.ca<\/u><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/span> <\/font><\/address>\n

Thank you for standing by, ready to respond again on behalf of Hafez Ibrahim<\/font>.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9,17,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196312,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981182\/revisions\/5196312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}