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05-21-2010, 12:06 PM
Yemen tribunal sentences six Somali pirates to death (http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/middle-east/77-middle-east/6077-yemen-tribunal-sentences-six-somali-pirates-to-death)
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 11:11 Added by PT Editor maysaa jarour
(http://www.paltelegraph.com/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wYWx0ZWxlZ3JhcGguY29tL3dvcmxkL 21pZGRsZS1lYXN0Lzc3LW1pZGRsZS1lYXN0LzYwNzcteWVtZW4 tdHJpYnVuYWwtc2VudGVuY2VzLXNpeC1zb21hbGktcGlyYXRlc y10by1kZWF0aA%3D%3D) [/URL] [URL="http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/middle-east/77-middle-east/6077-yemen-tribunal-sentences-six-somali-pirates-to-death?format=pdf"] (http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/middle-east/77-middle-east/6077-yemen-tribunal-sentences-six-somali-pirates-to-death?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=) http://www.paltelegraph.com/images/stories/ppyem.pngSana’a, May 19, 2010 ( Pal Telegraph, by Anwar Al-Shoaybi) – Yemen’s state security court on Tuesday sentenced six Somali pirates to death after being convicted of seizing a Yemeni oil tanker and killing two of its cabin crew in April 2009.
The court also sentenced six other pirates to ten years in jail in the hijacking during which four crew members of the Qana ship, which was en route to the port of Aden, were wounded. Two pirates were also killed in the rescue operation, while a third Yemeni crew member remained unaccounted for.
The convicted buccaneers were also ordered to pay an amount of 2 million YR ( $ 9,200) in compensation to Aden Refineries company that owns the vessel. Part of the reparations would be also paid to the Yemeni victim’s families.
The men said they would appeal the verdict. “We will appeal against the verdict and we demand an international tribunal as there is no law in Yemen,” some of the men shouted after the verdict was read. “There are no witnesses and there is no evidence.”
Piracy, which has recently been on the rise, has become a lucrative job for many Somalis who earn tens of million of dollars in ransom by capturing ships passing through the Indian Ocean and the strategic Gulf of Aden.
In 2008, Yemen announced the establishment of an anti-piracy center based in Sana’a in a bid to secure the safe passage of oil tankers and to curb the phenomenon that has taken a heavy toll on the shipping industry.
A 2009 government report said piracy in the Gulf of Aden had cost Yemen US$350 million since 2007.
Photo Source: Reuters.
Lets hope they carry out the sentence. It is about time
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 11:11 Added by PT Editor maysaa jarour
(http://www.paltelegraph.com/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wYWx0ZWxlZ3JhcGguY29tL3dvcmxkL 21pZGRsZS1lYXN0Lzc3LW1pZGRsZS1lYXN0LzYwNzcteWVtZW4 tdHJpYnVuYWwtc2VudGVuY2VzLXNpeC1zb21hbGktcGlyYXRlc y10by1kZWF0aA%3D%3D) [/URL] [URL="http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/middle-east/77-middle-east/6077-yemen-tribunal-sentences-six-somali-pirates-to-death?format=pdf"] (http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/middle-east/77-middle-east/6077-yemen-tribunal-sentences-six-somali-pirates-to-death?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=) http://www.paltelegraph.com/images/stories/ppyem.pngSana’a, May 19, 2010 ( Pal Telegraph, by Anwar Al-Shoaybi) – Yemen’s state security court on Tuesday sentenced six Somali pirates to death after being convicted of seizing a Yemeni oil tanker and killing two of its cabin crew in April 2009.
The court also sentenced six other pirates to ten years in jail in the hijacking during which four crew members of the Qana ship, which was en route to the port of Aden, were wounded. Two pirates were also killed in the rescue operation, while a third Yemeni crew member remained unaccounted for.
The convicted buccaneers were also ordered to pay an amount of 2 million YR ( $ 9,200) in compensation to Aden Refineries company that owns the vessel. Part of the reparations would be also paid to the Yemeni victim’s families.
The men said they would appeal the verdict. “We will appeal against the verdict and we demand an international tribunal as there is no law in Yemen,” some of the men shouted after the verdict was read. “There are no witnesses and there is no evidence.”
Piracy, which has recently been on the rise, has become a lucrative job for many Somalis who earn tens of million of dollars in ransom by capturing ships passing through the Indian Ocean and the strategic Gulf of Aden.
In 2008, Yemen announced the establishment of an anti-piracy center based in Sana’a in a bid to secure the safe passage of oil tankers and to curb the phenomenon that has taken a heavy toll on the shipping industry.
A 2009 government report said piracy in the Gulf of Aden had cost Yemen US$350 million since 2007.
Photo Source: Reuters.
Lets hope they carry out the sentence. It is about time