Cabinet approves immunity law to speed Saleh's exit from Yemen
China Daily | Updated: 2012-01-10 08:24
Anti-government protesters arrive in Sanaa on Sunday after a five-day 226-km "March of Dignity" from the Red Sea city of Houdieda to demand a trial for outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdulah Saleh. Mohammed Huwais / Agence France-Presse |
SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's cabinet approved a law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and anyone who has worked under him, immunity from prosecution for any crimes committed during his 33-year rule.
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