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
- OCTOBER 2, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTY
CONCERN OVER BAHAI' FOLLOWERS TRIAL BY YEMEN REBELS
Concerns are growing over the fate of more than 20 followers of the minority Baha'i faith in Yemen put on trial by the rebel Houthi movement.
- AUGUST 8, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: THREE PAEDOPHILES PUBLICLY SHOT THEN HANGED FROM A CRANE
Three paedophiles were publicly shot then hanged from a crane in Yemen as punishment for raping and killing a ten-year-old boy.
JULY 14, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCED TO DEATH THREE ABDUCTEES ON CHARGES OF ‘ESPIONAGE FOR SAUDI ARABIA’
Houthis militia have sentenced to death three kidnapped on charges of "intelligence with Saudi Arabia".
MAY 31, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: COURT IN SANAA SENTENCES TO DEATH 7 SUPERVISORS OF ANSARALLAH MOVEMENT
Specialized criminal court in the capital Sanaa has sentenced to death seven supervisors of Ansarallah movement over criminal cases.
MAY 12, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATING WITH FOREIGN STATE
The Specialized Penal Court in Sanaa, chaired by Judge Abdu Rajeh, sentenced three persons to death after being convicted of collaborating with a foreign country and engaging in gangs of Al-Qaeda.
- MAY 8, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: 17 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 87 JAILED ON VARIOUS CHARGES IN SANAA
The Specialized Criminal Court of First Instance in Sanaa sentenced 17 defendants to death and jailed 87 others for different periods in separate cases.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 3 SOLDIERS IN SANAA
The Central Military Court of First Instance in the capital Sanaa sentenced Ali Mohammed Ahmed al-Maghrabi to death for killing three soldiers and injuring 16 others.
- JANUARY 31, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SPYING FOR SAUDI-LED COALITION
The criminal court in the capital Sana’a sentenced three people to death and jailed another over charges of spying for the Saudi-led coalition.
- JANUARY 1, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen's legal system is based on both Sharia principles and customary law.
Yemen's legal system is based on both Sharia principles and customary law.
- AUGUST 14, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTY
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
AUGUST 1, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING AND MURDERING THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL EXECUTED BY MACHINE GUN
A man convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl has been executed in public with a machine gun in Yemen.
- JULY 10, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTY
a court in Sanaa has sentenced to death four Saudis convicted of belonging to al Qaeda and beheading 14 Yemeni
a court in Sanaa has sentenced to death four Saudis convicted of belonging to al Qaeda and beheading 14 Yemeni