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
- APRIL 27, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. AMNESTY PUTS ON PRESSURE TO HALT EXECUTION OF YOUNG WOMAN
Amnesty International piled pressure on Yemen to halt the planned execution of Amina Ali Abdulatif, a young woman convicted of murdering her husband when she was 16 -- under the legal age to be sentenced to death.
- APRIL 23, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST IMAM
a Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Ali Ahmed Jarallah, an Islamist imam convicted of murdering a senior opposition leader in 2002.
APRIL 6, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN. PRESIDENT PUTS EXECUTION OF JUVENILE ON HOLD
President Salih stopped the execution of Hafiz Ibrahim in Taiz, Yemen, at the last moment. Ibrahim, 17, was convicted in 2004 of killing a man and was due to be executed the day the president intervened.
FEBRUARY 26, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTYa Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
a Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
- FEBRUARY 5, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
the appeals court in Sanaa, Yemen, upheld the death sentence against a Yemeni
the appeals court in Sanaa, Yemen, upheld the death sentence against a Yemeni
- OCTOBER 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Yemeni convicted of a double murder was beheaded in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern town of Abha
a Yemeni convicted of a double murder was beheaded in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern town of Abha
- OCTOBER 10, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen's attorney general in Sanaa called for the death...
Yemen's attorney general in Sanaa called for the death penalty for five Yemenis who had been tried over the issue of blowing up the "Limburg" oil tanker in 2002; the five had been sentenced by the elementary court to 10 year imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death and four jailed for...
Two men were sentenced to death and four jailed for between five and 10 years for their roles in the suicide bombing of the USS Cole in Aden harbour in 2000
- AUGUST 28, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni was sentenced to death and 14 others to jail...
Yemeni was sentenced to death and 14 others to jail over the 2002 bombing of the French supertanker Limburg and for other attacks
- JUNE 2, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death,...
Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death, three of them in absentia, for murder
- APRIL 12, 2004YemenDEATH 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.
- APRIL 1, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
the Appeal Courts of Sana’a and Al-Jawf sentenced four men
the Appeal Courts of Sana’a and Al-Jawf sentenced four men