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
- DECEMBER 30, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Ali Ahmed Nawas was executed in Central prison in Sana’a...
Ahmed Ali Ahmed Nawas was executed in Central prison in Sana’a...
- DECEMBER 3, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. AL-DAILAMY HAS DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Yahia Al-Dailami and Mohamed Ahmed Miftah had their sentences upheld by a Criminal Court in Yemen.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Fuad ‘Ali Mohsen al-Shahari was executed by firing squad in Taiz.
Fuad ‘Ali Mohsen al-Shahari was executed by firing squad in Taiz.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. MUSLIM CLERIC EXECUTED FOR MURDER
head of an extremist group in south Yemen who was convicted of murdering four tourists hardline Muslim cleric Ali Ahmed Jarallah was executed in Yemen by firing squad in the courtyard of the main Sanaa prison after being convicted of the murder of a top o
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI PUBLICLY BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Mohammed bin Ali al-Kahali, a Yemeni, was beheaded in the southern city of Najran in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of murdering compatriot Saleh bin Ahmed al-Kahali with a cleaver.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International reported that two men are at risk of imminent execution, in Yemen.
Amnesty International reported that two men are at risk of imminent execution, in Yemen.
- OCTOBER 24, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences including rape, murder, sexual offences and speech or action against Islam.
Yemen applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences including rape, murder, sexual offences and speech or action against Islam.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI, SAUDI EXECUTED FOR RAPE, KIDNAPPING AND THEFT
a Yemeni and a Saudi national were beheaded by the sword in Riyadh after being convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman and stealing her money and jewelry, the Saudi interior ministry said.
- AUGUST 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 2 MEN EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
Mohammed bin Saad bin Mutheb al-Bilad al-Qahtani , a Saudi national, and Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mutlaq al-Sayhari from Yemen were executed in Jizan province, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling hashish into the kingdom
- JUNE 12, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. A YEMENI NATIONAL AND TWO PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, sentenced two Pakistanis and a Yemeni to death after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- JUNE 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO YEMENIS BEHEADED FOR KILLING SAUDI WOMAN
two Yemenis were beheaded for killing a Saudi woman after breaking into her home, the Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry said.
- JUNE 5, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
the Sanaa primary court, Yemen, sentenced to death two men for killing five policemen and also imposed a fine of ten million Yemeni rials on them to be paid to the Ministry of the Interior as compensation for damaging a military vehicle.