Forum on Minorities - preventing and respond to violence and the terrible
crimes against minorities
Date-25-26 / November 2014
Oral intervention
Item 4 of the agenda
Arabic
Intervention by All Youth Network for Community Development in Yemen
Thank you very much, Sir President, for allowing me the intervention,
I am Sami Al-Naggar, representative of All Youth Network for Community Development and a
member of the marginalized community in Yemen
Marginalized groups in Yemen or the so-called "Akhdam" are an ethnic group with skin black origins
dating of the Ethiopian assets that invaded Yemen dwells most of them in huts of the remnants of
waste tin and cardboard, tires where calling congregations word "Mahoa" and the word "Mahoa "
means are linguistically position of dogs, they are building mostly near the floodplain on the
outskirts of major cities, including the "Sana'a, Aden, Taiz and others.".
Violence on a daily basis against the marginalized is a daily reality diffuse scary
There has been violence against marginalized and very scary where marginalized suffered during the
recent period to many of violence such as murder and the rapes and collective displacement by
armed tribes and influential in the government and other members of the society. All of this is due
to the absence of face punishment for these violations and the lack of representation of the
marginalized in the political and civic life in Yemen. The marginalization and exclusion that suffer
from it is the marginalization of social, cultural, legal and that the biggest danger to the marginalized
because law enforcement personnel are also violated. The absence of prosecution of perpetrators of
these crimes or hold them accountable in ensuring lead to the impossibility for the collection and
protection of the rights of the marginalized and protect them from any violence practiced against
them by the society and the government together.
The best practice obtained by the marginalized 1400 years ago is after the youth revolution and the
Arab Spring got where he participated marginalized, got a positive development is that the
marginalized got a seat for one person in the national dialogue and this is what we consider to be
achievement a revolutionary being marginalized and deprived of basic human rights, but considers
this step positive even if they are simple but adequate and give us a sense of hope, so we call on the
government to taking more effective measures to protect the marginalized.
Also do not forget the role of young people who have played an active role in the representation of
marginalized issues at the national level during the blessed revolution, so you should support young
people and protect them from any attacks, especially marginalized youth and women.
Recommendations:
1. Passing laws provide protection marginalized from any violence and was working on the
representation of the marginalized.