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
- JANUARY 12, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Legislative organs must be elected, the role of the...
Legislative organs must be elected, the role of the International Criminal Court strengthened and the civil and political rights of Palestinians must be recognised
- DECEMBER 1, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni appeals court confirmed a death sentence handed...
A Yemeni appeals court confirmed a death sentence handed down to Abed Abdulrazzak al-Kamel for the murder of three US missionaries a year ago
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim...
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim extremist, to death
- AUGUST 25, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42,...
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42, to death by firing squad
- JULY 21, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed...
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, a Yemeni cleric, and his assistant, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to face charges in the United States of supplying weapons, militants and millions of dollars in funding to the al-Qa
- JUNE 2, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
Three Yemeni men convicted of murder were executed...
Three Yemeni men convicted of murder were executed by firing squad, declared the Yemeni general prosecutors office
- MAY 21, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Republic of Yemen TV reported that President Ali...
The Republic of Yemen TV reported that President Ali Abdallah Salih granted amnesty to the leaders of the secession of 1994, some of whom had been sentenced to death in absentia
- MAY 10, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A court in Yemen sentenced Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel to...
A court in Yemen sentenced Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel to death for killing three Americans who worked at a Christian-run hospital in December 2002
- APRIL 23, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court set the date of the verdict on Hammoud...
A Yemeni court set the date of the verdict on Hammoud Murshid Hassan Ahmad's appeal against a death sentence for murder for May 26 after a short court session on April 19
- APRIL 23, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah al-Nashri, a Yemeni man who killed three nuns...
Abdullah al-Nashri, a Yemeni man who killed three nuns from Mother Theresa's order, was executed by firing squad
- MARCH 17, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
According to "Yemen Times", a number of human rights...
According to "Yemen Times", a number of human rights organisations and international anti-violence organizations expressed their resentment over the case of Laila Aesha, a Yemeni woman who was sentenced to death stoning in public after being found guilty
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentenced a Yemeni national...
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentenced a Yemeni national to death for insulting the religion of his roommate