YEMEN Press Agency

Senior leader resigns from STC in Aden

ADEN, Aug. 08 (YPA) - A senior leader resigned on Sunday from the memberships of UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Aden city, south of Yemen, in protest against the council's regionalism. Haidara al-Jahma, the member of the…

Sanaa bans manufacture, importation of all plastic bags

SANAA, Aug. 07 (YPA) - The Public Authority for Environmental Protection in Sanaa issued on Saturday a decision banning the use, manufacture and importation of non-biodegradable plastic bags for commercial and household packaging. The…

SAM threatens STC with criminal prosecution

ADEN, Aug. 07 (YPA) - About 40 violations of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia against citizens were monitored by the human rights organizations during last July in the city of Aden, south of Yemen. SAM Organization…

Young man died after being tortured in Taiz prisons

TAIZ, Aug. 07 (YPA) - A young man died on Saturday after being tutored into one of prisons run by the Saudi-backed Islah militants in the city of Taiz. According to human rights sources in the city, Ahmed Yasser Abdullah Al-Shamiri, 20, was…