Amnesty for prisoners jailed during Yemen unrest
November 28th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANSSana’a, Nov 27 (IANS) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh Sunday granted pardon to all prisoners who were jailed during the 10-month political crisis this year, excluding the ones who were behind a bomb attack on the presidential compound.
At a meeting of the ruling party leaders, Saleh said he “granted pardon for everyone who committed follies during the crisis, except those who were involved in the bombing against the mosque of the presidential palace. They will be brought to justice, whether they were parties, groups or individuals,” Xinhua quoted Yemen’s official Saba news agency as saying.
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