Yemen
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- in transition
- CONSTITUTION
- May 16, 1991, amended on September 29, 1994, and in February 2001
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Islamic law, Turkish, English, and local tribal customs
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, consisting of the Shura Council and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority, Jewish, Christian, and Hindu minorities
From the country
JUNE 29, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Yemeni court sentenced five Yemeni nationals, a Kenyan, a Somalian and a Tanzanian
- JUNE 26, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: TWO PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Pakistani nationals Salim Dawod Abdulrahim and Imam Bakhsh Eyepub Yakoub were sentenced to death by a Yemeni court for smuggling 1,695 kg of hashish into Yemen through its coastal territories, official Saba news agency cited the court's verdict as saying.
JUNE 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AND NAILS MAN'S BODY TO CROSS
Saudi Arabia executed two men, the interior ministry said in a statement cited by the official
- JUNE 15, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN SENTENCES DEALER TO DEATH
the Specialised Penal Court in Yemen's western province of Hodeida sentenced a man to death for trading and smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia.
- MAY 25, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: STATE SECURITY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO SPIES
the Yemen state security appeals court upheld the death sentences of Abdel Karim
- MAY 18, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN COURT SENTENCES SIX SOMALI PIRATES TO DEATH
a Yemeni court sentenced six Somali pirates to death for hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker that departed from Al-Mukalla port and killing two cabin crew on April 26, 2009.
APRIL 3, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: SPYING FOR ISRAEL DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
An appeals court in Yemen upheld the death sentence against Bassam al-Haidari who was found guilty of contacts with former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert on the Internet to plot against Yemen.
FEBRUARY 23, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST NUSAIBA KILLING UPHELD
in Yemen, the Taiz Appeal Court upheld Akram al-Samawi’s death sentence for raping
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: YEMEN HANDS DOWN DEATH TO SYRIAN
the Specialised Penal Court in Yemen, chaired by Judge Muhsen Alwan, sentenced Syrian national Omer Ahmed Omer Khanto, 45, to death for amphetamine smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen’s Supreme Court recently confirmed the death sentences...
Yemen’s Supreme Court recently confirmed the death sentences...
- JANUARY 22, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
a Yemeni child shot five people in the northern province of Amran...
a Yemeni child shot five people in the northern province of Amran...
- JANUARY 22, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Hamid Jabir Al-Hamshali and an unidentified man were executed for murder.