Press Release

November 2, 2001

October 2001, the Yemeni security arrested and harassed, for no reason, the Sudanese well-reputed human rights activists, Dr. Abdel-Salam Nuraddin and Mr. Ahmad Saif.

SHRO-Cairo highly appreciates the Yemeni writers and the other concerned intellectuals for their righteous position versus the security body of the Republic of Yemen that violated: (1) the hospitality of Yemen to the Sudanese scholars; (2) the good reception that the Prime Minister Abdel-Qader Aba-Jmal and the Presidential Advisor Mr. Abdel-Karim Al-Iryani offered to the Sudanese scholars; (3) the international law that guarantees the Sudanese visitors full rights to complete their mission in Yemen, as approved by the Yemeni authority; and (4) the friendship of the Sudanese and Yemeni peoples that is deeply rooted in the history of the two nations.

SHRO-Cairo expresses full gratitude to the Yemeni writers and professional groups that honorably defended the right of Ahmad Saif and Abdel-Salam Nuraddin to complete their authorized work in Yemen.

Our Organization is gravely concerned for the hostile behavior of the Yemeni security that aggressively assaulted these respectable scholars in an unprecedented action. The Yemeni security terrorized the Sudanese scholars with arbitrary arrest, disrespect, and harassment besides wrongfully accusing them of terrorism, regardless of the fact that the Yemeni authorities are aware these Sudanese researchers are well-reputed human rights activists.

SHRO-Cairo asks the Government of Yemen to investigate the unwarranted acts and aggressive attacks of the Yemeni security against these Sudanese scholars and human rights activists. The Organization requires further the Yemeni security to redress the wrongful acts committed against our respectful Sudanese scholars, as is appropriate.