On December 20th we reported that a survey in India found that 92 per cent of women working in information technology, hospitality, civil aviation and call centers feel unsafe travelling home after work. 92% of women respondents in Delhi claimed that they
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90% of Women in Yemen Report Sexual Harassment
On December 20th we reported that a survey in India found that 92 per cent of women working in information technology, hospitality, civil aviation and call centers feel unsafe travelling home after work. 92% of women respondents in Delhi claimed that they…
More Justification for Drones
The President's top counter-terrorism advisor, John Brennan, set out the administration's legal and ethical case for the use of drones today at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Brennan's speech comes just under two months after AG Eric Holder stated…
President Obama Expands Drone Authority in Yemen
President Obama this month authorized expanded use of drones in Yemen, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. Under the expanded authority, the CIA and the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command can use drones to fire…
Only in America? Because U.S. Erred in ’90, Bronx Resident Becomes a Man Without a Country
Here is an American story for you. Abdo Hizam, born in 1980 in a small village in Yemen to a Yemeni-American father, received an American passport as a child of Americans. He gave up his Yemeni citizenship. He graduated from…
Cole on Targeted Killing
David Cole (Georgetown) revisits the government's targeted killing of Anwar al Awlaki in a piece titled Killing Our Citizens in the New York Review of Books. Cole reopens and criticizes the killing, which faded from the mainstream news…
Court Orders Yemeni Released from Guantanamo
The Federal District Court for the District of Columbia this week released Judge Kennedy's May 26 opinion granting Guantanamo detainee and Yemeni citizen Mohamed Mohamed Hassan Odaini's habeas corpus petition. Odaini has been detained at Guantanamo Bay since June 2002,…
The Legality of Targeted Killings
It's well known by now that President Obama has ordered numerous drone attacks and ordered the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American Muslim cleric allegedly living in Yemen and plotting terrorism against the United States. The New York Times reports…
Yemeni Child Bride Dies After Alleged Marital Rape
By Family Law
A 13-year old Yemeni bride has died after allegedly being forced into sex by her 23 year-old husband. Hopefully the case will bring new attention to pending legislation to raise the minimum age for marriage to 17.A 13-year-old Yemeni child…
Divorced at 10 Years Old
By Family Law
The BBC reports on a Yemeni child bride who fought for, and miraculously received, a divorce from her 30 year-old husband.She had not even known she was to be married on the day of her wedding. With her father's consent,…