Yeleishka Human Rights :): Background History (Yemen)

Background History

The History of Yemen has witnessed the interest of historians when coming to speak about the Arab-Islamic history in general and allocated for the history of Yemen before the advent of Islam chapters full with great events and linked them to the Himyarites. A long time passed whereYemen was isolated and the Yemenite civilization sites were beyond the interest of archaeologists who studied the sites of oriental ancient civilization.

Events

This event was organized by the GIA in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy and the China Council for Promotion of International Trade. The conference was attended by 103 Chinese businessmen in addition to 235 Yemeni businessmen who were present during the Match-Making sessions. As a result, several projects were registered and have created 1493 jobs. In addition, the Chinese government’s cooperation with Yemen resulted in several development projects for infrastructure mainly, and capacity-building within the government ministries and agencies.

The GIA conducted a workshop in coordination with our Embassy in Tokyo and the Japanese Embassy in Sana’a during the period April 13-14, 2008. Japanese investors, companies and investment and funding corporations were present during this event to promote the cooperation relations and economic partnerships between the two countries. The workshop had several speakers from both parties, and the General Manager of Japan Organization of Foreign Trade, Mr. Koniaso Fonnaki, delivered a presentation about the investment and trade relations between Japan and Middle East. During the match-making session, the Yemeni and Japanese businessmen spoke of the possibility of setting up joint ventures in the various economic sectors.

Leaders

Opposition leaders say Ali Abdullah Saleh must step down in two weeks as they reject a Saudi-brokered Gulf initiative.

Yemen's opposition has set a two-week deadline for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step aside, rejecting a Saudi-brokered, Gulf-backed initiative to end the country's political turmoil.

"We have renewed our emphasis on the need for speeding the process of (Saleh) standing down within two weeks. Therefore we will not go to Riyadh," Mohammed al-Mutawakkil, a prominent opposition leader, said on Thursday, referring to the proposed talks in the Saudi capital.This comes a day after five people were killed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as forces loyal to a defected army general and pro-government fighters clashed, Al Jazeera's correspondents said.

Two more people were killed on Wednesday in the southern city of Aden in clashes between security forces and anti-regime demonstrators.The defected general, Ali Mohsen, a kinsman of Saleh who has thrown his weight behind the opposition and whose military units are protecting protesters in Sanaa, has welcomed a mediation proposal by the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) to end the unrest.

On Tuesday, tens of thousands of Yemenis staged protests against the proposal, with many saying it offers Saleh, in power since 1978, an immunity from prosecution.

Natural disasters

Natural disasters have also caused extensive displacement in Yemen. This includes slow onset disasters such as drought and land erosion, as well as widespread flooding which has caused far more immediate displacement. Yemen is prone to floods (particularly during the monsoon season), landslides and earthquakes.

In Yemen happen a lot of disasters :

Earthquakes

Flood

Drought

Insects infestation

A lot of people were killed and affected.

Poverty

Poverty in Yemen are increasing as a segment of the society is falling beneath the poverty line,” adding “food for the destitute in Yemen remains out of reach and one out of three Yemenis suffers from chronic hunger.” “Yemen’s difficult economic circumstances and the international food crisis adversely affected its efforts to reduce poverty and pushed an additional 6 percent of the population into poverty,” said the report. According to UN estimates, more than 50 percent of Yemenis live under the poverty.

Yemen is a poor country, and most of its citizens are either poor or very poor. Water problems are an important component of poverty.

Health issues

In Yemen, as well as many other developing countries, the deadly disease of Malaria infects and disables its victims by bombarding its victims with painful fever and shivering of body. As days pass, the infected person looses his desire to eat, and death is soon to follow if the infected person is not treated. A Dr. says that Malaria is a disease derived from four species of parasitic protozoan that infects human red blood cells.

Qat is the drug of choice in Yemen, and why shouldn`t it be. Qat is legally grown on farms in Yemen, and is legally distributed on the corner of the major streets in Sana`a, the capital of Yemen.