Amnesty International reported that Adil Muhammad Saif al-Ma'amari...

Amnesty International reported that Adil Muhammad Saif al-Ma'amari, 21, is in imminent danger of execution, in Yemen, for a murder committed when he was 16 years old. The sentence has now been passed to President Ali ´Abdullah Saleh for ratification; he has the power to commute the sentence. Adil Saif al-Ma'amari was arrested on 27 July 2001, and in the police station he confessed, allegedly under torture, to murdering a male relative during an argument. He was tried at a lower Court in the town of al Rawna, near Yemen's second city, Taiz. At the start of the trial he protested that he was under 18. On the orders of a judge he was examined by a doctor, who reported on 10 October 2001 that he had not yet passed his 17th birthday. Although Penal Code says that "any accused under 18 should not be sentenced to death under any charge," the court sentenced him to death on 19 October 2002. He had no legal assistance during the trial.
Adil Saif al-Ma'amari's appeals were rejected by the Court of Appeal in Taiz on 23 May 2005, and then by the Supreme Court on 27 February 2006.
His twin younger brothers, who were 15 at the time, were arrested with him but released without charge two months later.