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Stop Increasing Human Trafficking in Yemen
World  (tags: humanrights, world, ACTION, YEMEN, HUMAN TRAFFICKING )

Rose
- 113 days ago - forcechange.com
Target: Yemini Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa Goal: End human trafficking and protect Yemini and migrant women The United Nations reports that human trafficking is increasing in Yemen.
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Bought, Sold and Abused in Yemen
World  (tags: Yemen, child abuse, world, politics, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', children, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', news, violence, society, humanrights, middle-east )

Cal
- 138 days ago - ipsnews.net
Twenty-one-year-old Aisha clings to her two children as she recounts her tale of horror. Growing up in the Somali capital Mogadishu, she fell in love and bore a child out of wedlock four years ago. When her family threatened her life for destroying her 'h
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U.S. Embassy Security Aide Shot Dead in Yemen
World  (tags: world, violence, Yemen, conflict, middle-east, terrorism, politics, news )

Carrie
- 220 days ago - online.wsj.com
Qassem Aqlan, a longtime member of the embassy's security staff, was driving along a main road in the capital when he was attacked by several men, who fled unharmed. He died hours later.
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How Drones Help Al Qaeda
World  (tags: Drone, Ibrahim Mothana, Yemen, A.Q.A.P., Robert Grenier, CIA, Pakistan )

Dandelion
- 284 days ago - nytimes.com
Drone strikes are causing more and more Yemenis to hate America and join radical militants; they are not driven by ideology but rather by a sense of revenge and despair. Drone missile that kills child in Yemen will have the Father go to war with USA.
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Waking Up to the Drones
World  (tags: drones, killing machines, terrorizing, civilians/children killed, Yemen, Pakistan, U.S. self-centered/apathetic, The Drone War continues, human stories )

Judy
- 383 days ago - original.antiwar.com
As if their children were less valuable than our own, most Americans either ignore or remain passive-aggressively ignorant of the civilian carnage associated with these so-called "targeted strikes."
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12 Killed As Yemen Forces Open Fire On Protesters
World  (tags: world, middle-east, death, Yemen, protests, activists, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', conflict, crime, ethics, violence, politics, news )

Cal
- 610 days ago - npr.org
Yemeni government forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of protesters in the capital, Sanaa, pushing for the ouster of longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens
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In Yemen, A Woman Leads The Call For Revolution
World  (tags: world, politics, Yemen, women in politics, middle-east, news, interesting, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, freedoms, conflict, ethics, humans, goodnews, government, violence, society )

Cal
- 644 days ago - npr.org
Tawakkol Karman is a leader of the anti-government protest movement in Yemen. She has received death threats during her career as an activist but remains committed to bringing democracy to her country.
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Violence Against Writers in Bahrain 'as Bad as Ever'
World  (tags: freedoms, government, ethics, Yemen, politics, society, news, middle-east, world, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 664 days ago - spiegel.de
The poet Ali Al Jalawi has been imprisoned twice in his home country Bahrain. He has now fled to Germany where he spoke to SPIEGEL about the dangers facing writers and activists -- and why, despite everything, he wants to return home.
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U.S. Envoy Urges Yemen's President To Step Aside
World  (tags: world, middle-east, news, politics, usa, Yemen, society, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights )

Cal
- 680 days ago - npr.org
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh must "expeditiously" sign a deal that would have him transfer power to his vice president and step down, the White House counterterrorism chief told Saleh in a meeting at a hospital where the Yemeni leader is being trea
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YEMEN'S REVOLUTIONARIES: The Tent-Dwellers of Sana'a
World  (tags: middle-east, world, violence, politics, protests, Yemen, news, government, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', interesting )

Cal
- 689 days ago - spiegel.de
While President Salih licks his wounds abroad, Yemen's protest movement is establishing its presence in the capital city, hoping to bridge the country's divide. The revolutionaries -- for now -- live in tents.
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What's Happening In Yemen Explained
World  (tags: world, middle-east, news, politics, violence, Yemen, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', government, HumanRights, humanrights, interesting )

Cal
- 714 days ago - motherjones.com
The following is a basic primer on what's happening in Yemen. If you're already caught up on that, you can also skip straight to advice on how to follow the latest developments in real time
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Yemen Heads Toward Civil War as Saleh Escalates Fight With Major Tribal Leader
World  (tags: government, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Yemen, terrorism, politics, middle-east, news, violence, world, humanrights, freedoms )

Cal
- 724 days ago - csmonitor.com
Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for the arrest of Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, who is leading as many as 10,000 armed men from Yemen's most powerful tribal confederation.
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YEMEN: Children Dragged Into Dangerous Protests
World  (tags: children, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, Yemen, unrest, world, violence, politics, ethics, conflict, middle-east, news )

Cal
- 755 days ago - ipsnews.net
Children are increasingly facing frontline risks at Yemen's anti-government protests. Parents are bringing them to demonstrations in the belief that they too are necessary for sacrifices in the revolution against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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Power Crumbling, Yemen Leader Warns of Civil War
World  (tags: violence, politics, government, conflict, Yemen, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', middle-east, news, interesting, world )

Cal
- 790 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Yemen's U.S.-backed president, his support crumbling among political allies and the army, warned that the country could slide into a "bloody" civil war Tuesday as the opposition rejected his offer to step down by the end of the year
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Yemen; A Country Profile
World  (tags: Yemen, Human Rights Violations )

Ben
- 792 days ago - english.aljazeera.net
Yemen is in theory a democracy, the only one on the Arabian Peninsula, but in practice its politics have been dominated for decades by one man: president Ali Abdullah Saleh...
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