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 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI 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.
- JANUARY 1, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences including rape...
Yemen applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences including rape...
- DECEMBER 27, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Yemeni convicted of rape was beheaded...
a Yemeni convicted of rape was beheaded...