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Kidnapping of tourists, 28-29 December 1998
Text last updated 16 February 1999
THE ABDUCTION of 16 tourists in Abyan on December 28, 1998, was not only the largest kidnapping in Yemen's recent history, it was the first in which hostages died.
Until then, the tribal practice of kidnapping foreigners…
Abu al-Hassan and theIslamic Army of Aden-Abyan
Report dated January 1999
(Abu al-Hassan was eventually executed)
ABU AL-HASSAN (full name: Zain al-Abdin Abubakr al-Mihdar) is 32 years old and comes from an important tribe in Shabwa province. He belongs to the salafi religious sect which has…
Abu al-Hassan and theIslamic Army of Aden-Abyan
Report dated January 1999
(Abu al-Hassan was eventually executed)
ABU AL-HASSAN (full name: Zain al-Abdin Abubakr al-Mihdar) is 32 years old and comes from an important tribe in Shabwa province. He belongs to the salafi religious sect which has…
Documents
1.Supporters of Shariah: "Yemen communique No. 1"(11 October1998)
2.Supporters of Shariah: "Yemen hostage communique No. 1"(30 December1998)
3.Supporters of Shariah press release(20 January 1999)
4.Supporters of Shariah: extracts from newsletter(1998-1999)
Supporters of Shariah: press…
Abu Hamza and theSupporters of Shariah
Text last updated 7 March 1999
THE KIDNAPPING of 16 western tourists in Abyan on 28 December 1998 and an alleged bomb plot in Aden have both been linked to an extreme Islamist organisation called Supporters of Shariah (SOS) which is run by Abu Hamza al-Masri,…
Chronology
A record of events surrounding the Yemen "bomb plot" and kidnapping
1998
July 3: Malik Nasser Harhara flies to Yemen with his mother; she returns on August 20.
October 11: Abu Hamza al-Masri of the London-based Supporters of Shariah, issues a communique on behalf of the Islamic Army of…
Dazed and confused
More than seven months after ten young men from Britain were arrested on bomb plot charges in Aden, the British are still unsure what to make of it ...
(Text last updated August 1999)
THE ADEN TEN: Or should they be "The Aden Eight" as the Daily Telegraph maintains? All ten were…
PART ONE: NAMES, DEFINITIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS
CHAPTER ONE: NAMES AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1: This law shall be called the General Elections law.
Article 2: For the purpose of this law, the following words and expressions shall have the following meaning unless the context requires otherwise.…
Part One: Operational Definitionsand Voting Rights
CHAPTER ONE: OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS
Article (1): This Law shall be called the General Elections Law.
Article (2): For the purposes of this law, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings unless the context dictates…
22 December, 1990
Section One: Definitions and General Principles
PART ONE
Article 1: This law shall be known as the “Press and Publications Law”.
Article 2: For the purposes of the application of this law the words set out below shall bear the meanings appearing opposite them, provided it is not…
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