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 18, 2012YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni authorities executed Fuad Ahmed Ali Abdullah Alsayed (Alshahari) by shooting
Yemeni authorities executed Fuad Ahmed Ali Abdullah Alsayed (Alshahari) by shooting
- JANUARY 1, 2012YemenDEATH 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...
OCTOBER 12, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two Saudi Arabian women were executed in Riyadh and two Yemenis were executed
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Yemeni national Abdulrazaq Al-Sayed was executed in the southwestern Saudi Arabian city of
- APRIL 23, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY ON SYRIAN OF BRINGING DRUGS
the appeal court in Sana'a, Yemen, chaired by Judge Ahmed al-Mu'alimi...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Sana'a, Yemen, Judge Mohamed al-Hakimi of the Specialised Criminal Division sentenced Iranian national Mumtaz Sultan Amiri to death for bringing drugs into the country.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES TO 11 BANDITS
the Specialised Penal Court in Hadramout, Yemen, sentenced 11 Yemenis to
FEBRUARY 20, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Judge Abdu al-Awadhi of the Specialised Penal Court in Yemen's Hadramout province
FEBRUARY 13, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: SIX MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SOLDIER
security court in Yemen's southeast province of Hadramout sentenced six men to death for killing
- JANUARY 17, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN CONVICTS AL-QAIDA AGENT IN FRENCHMAN'S DEATH
a Yemeni security court sentenced suspected al-Qaida agent Hisham Assem to death for the killing of a French oil worker on October 6, 2010, on an oil firm compound.
- JANUARY 12, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: ORDERS TO STOP DEATH SENTENCE OF MINOR
the first lawyer in the Office of the General Attorney in Yemen ordered
- JANUARY 8, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: MAN ON DEATH ROW MAKES CLEMENCY APPEAL TO SALEH
a Yemeni man facing execution next week for a murder committed in 1999 while he was 13 years old urged President Ali Abdullah Saleh to commute his death sentence.