SANA'A: Yemen's Human Rights Minister Hooria Mashour announced on Wednesday at a press Conference that she estimated that former President Ali Abdullah Saleh had committed more crimes in his three decades in power against the Yemeni people than the abuses witnessed under the British military occupation in South Yemen. The attack came amidst news that American President Barack Obama has signed an executive order allowing the Treasury to freeze the assets of any individual hindering the US-backed transition plan in Yemen. At the inauguration ceremony of Raqeeb Organization for Human Rights, Mashoor called on those who had been harmed by the military strikes led by the former regime's officials, to seize the Investigative Committee in order for their cases to be investigated and looked into. “Granting Saleh and his aides immunity from prosecution aimed to put an end to the acts of violence; we granted them immunity in exchange for Yemen's peace,” she said. The minister is now arguing that Saleh is perpetuating his rule of terror through his son, General Ahmed Ali Saleh, the Head of the Republican Guards, whom she said is continuing to target villages north of the capital, Sana'a having killed a reported 206 people, amongst whom 24 women and children since the handing over of his power.
