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The first Lady: first.lady@whitehouse.gov
 
 

At a time when basic human rights in Yemen are violated, when critics of the
regime are silenced, and when Yemeni women are systematically repressed and
degraded by the junta regime in Sanaa (nearly 80% of Yemeni women are
illiterate), the President of Yemen, Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh, comes
to Washington and expects to be welcomed in the White House with open arms.
How could this happen, and what kind of a message will it send to dictators
and human rights violators around the world?

First Lady, please read this paragraph from the U. S. Department of States'
1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. This is what the report on
Yemen had to say about that country's government:

The Government's human rights record continues to be poor. There are
significant limitations on citizens' right to change their government. There
were instances of extrajudicial killing by some members of the security
forces. Members of the security forces tortured and otherwise abused persons,
and continued to arrest and to detain citizens arbitrarily, especially
oppositionists in the south and other persons regarded as "secessionists."
Prison conditions are poor and some detainees were held in private prisons
not authorized by the Government. PSO officers have broad discretion over
perceived national security issues. Despite constitutional constraints, they
routinely monitor citizens' activities and search their homes, detain
citizens for questioning, and mistreat detainees.

Is there more evidence than this?
I urge you, in your capacity as First Lady and Senate hopeful, to please do
your best to discourage the meeting between President Clinton and Field
Marshal Saleh, scheduled on April 4th. Human rights violators must not be
welcomed in the White House; the symbol of freedom of the American nation.
 

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