ADEN: Yemen’s attorney general on Wednesday ordered the country’s prosecutors to expedite investigations into the cases of detained terror crime suspects as the government stepped up its effort to restore the judicial system in provinces liberated from rebel groups.
Attorney-General Ali Ahmed Al-Awash issued the directive during a visit to the Aden Central Prison, known as Mansoura, in Aden to check on the condition of prisoners and the challenges facing prison officials.
In his talk with the head of criminal prosecution and the prison director, he highlighted the importance of taking into account prisoners’ rights during the two stages of investigation and trial.
In carrying out their duties, prosecutors have to verify the legality of all detentions and confinements, he said.
Al-Awash said prison officials must strive to improve the conditions of prisons and prisoners in accordance with Yemen’s Prison Act.
He also warned prison administrators against keeping or releasing any prisoner or detainee without a judicial order from the public prosecution office.
The UN-recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has made the southern city of Aden as Yemen’s temporary capital after the combined forces of the Iran-backed Houthi militias and loyalists of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized Sanaa in 2014.
The “coup” prompted the formation of an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia to help restore Hadi’s government. Since the coalition launched the campaign in March 2015, a number of provinces have been liberated from the rebels.
Hadi government begins restoring judicial system in liberated Yemeni provinces
Hadi government begins restoring judicial system in liberated Yemeni provinces
Thousands stage pro-Gaza rally in Istanbul
- Thousands joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to the violence in the tiny war-torn territory
ISTANBUL: Thousands joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to the violence in the tiny war-torn territory.
Demonstrators gathered in freezing temperatures under cloudless blue skies to march to the city’s Galata Bridge for a rally under the slogan: “We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine,” an AFP reporter at the scene said.
More than 400 civil society organizations were present at the rally, one of whose organizers was Bilal Erdogan, the youngest son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Police sources and Anadolou state news agency said some 500,000 people had joined the march at which there were speeches and a performance by Lebanese-born singer Maher Zain of his song “Free Palestine.”
“We are praying that 2026 will bring goodness for our entire nation and for the oppressed Palestinians,” said Erdogan, who chairs the board of the Ilim Yayma Foundation, an educational charity that was one of the organizers of the march.
Turkiye has been one of the most vocal critics of the war in Gaza and helped broker a recent ceasefire that halted the deadly war waged by Israel in response to Hamas’s unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023.
But the fragile October 10 ceasefire has not stopped the violence with more than more than 400 Palestinians killed since it took hold.
