Shocking medieval thinking!! When will these guys reform?
[h=1]Yemeni woman who campaigned for female literacy shot dead[/h] Amat al-Aleem al-Asbahi assassinated in drive-by shooting in Taiz amid worries aid community is being targeted by extremists
A charity worker who campaigned for female emancipation in Yemen has been shot dead in an assassination attempt that has left other activists in the city of Taiz fearing for their own safety.
Amat al-Aleem al-Asbahi, who worked to improve female literacy in the war-torn country, was killed on 25 December by two motorcycle riders as she walked on a busy street in the city centre.
A fatwa issued by Islamic scholar Abdullah al-Odaini in September, banning women activists from mixing with men, had already curtailed Ms Asbahi and the aid community’s work, as has fierce air strikes and other violence.
All sides in Yemen’s civil war condemned the attack, but no party has claimed responsibility. Several sources have blamed the Yemeni-government allied Popular Resistance group, with which Mr Odaini is affiliated, but the group has denied the allegation.
No one has been arrested in connection to the murder and Middle East Eye reports that local journalists have stayed away from the story for fear of retribution.
Ms Asbahi, who was in her 30s, is related to the pro-Houthi rebel governor of the city Abdu al-Ganadi, leading to claims she may have been killed because of her family links as well as her work.
Shatha Nageeb, a charity worker who was also forced to stop working, told Middle East Eye she was shocked at how little had been done following her fellow activist’s murder.
“The assassination of [Ms] Asbahi is a clear indication that extremists can kill women with impunity, so we have to reduce our work and postpone any social activities until the end of the atrocious war,” she said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/y...-woman-shot-dead-civil-war-taiz-a7513071.html
[h=1]Yemeni woman who campaigned for female literacy shot dead[/h] Amat al-Aleem al-Asbahi assassinated in drive-by shooting in Taiz amid worries aid community is being targeted by extremists
- Bethan McKernan Beirut
- @mck_beth
- Friday 6 January 2017
A charity worker who campaigned for female emancipation in Yemen has been shot dead in an assassination attempt that has left other activists in the city of Taiz fearing for their own safety.
Amat al-Aleem al-Asbahi, who worked to improve female literacy in the war-torn country, was killed on 25 December by two motorcycle riders as she walked on a busy street in the city centre.
A fatwa issued by Islamic scholar Abdullah al-Odaini in September, banning women activists from mixing with men, had already curtailed Ms Asbahi and the aid community’s work, as has fierce air strikes and other violence.
All sides in Yemen’s civil war condemned the attack, but no party has claimed responsibility. Several sources have blamed the Yemeni-government allied Popular Resistance group, with which Mr Odaini is affiliated, but the group has denied the allegation.
No one has been arrested in connection to the murder and Middle East Eye reports that local journalists have stayed away from the story for fear of retribution.
Ms Asbahi, who was in her 30s, is related to the pro-Houthi rebel governor of the city Abdu al-Ganadi, leading to claims she may have been killed because of her family links as well as her work.
Shatha Nageeb, a charity worker who was also forced to stop working, told Middle East Eye she was shocked at how little had been done following her fellow activist’s murder.
“The assassination of [Ms] Asbahi is a clear indication that extremists can kill women with impunity, so we have to reduce our work and postpone any social activities until the end of the atrocious war,” she said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/y...-woman-shot-dead-civil-war-taiz-a7513071.html
