Yemen must end intimidation of southern activists

Headline Title: Yemen must end intimidation of southern activists 30 August 2012 Security forces in Yemen must stop targeting students and other political activists engaged in peaceful protests in the south of the country, Amnesty International said today. There are fears in particular that Aden University student activist Abdul Raouf Hassan Zain al-Saqqaf – who has already been arrested twice this year – may be at risk of arbitrary detention and torture or other ill-treatment before he sits an exam at his university on 3 September. “Peaceful political activists in Aden and other…

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