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Mon, 07/28/2008 - 09:58
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HRITC and IDEA to evaluate democracy in Yemen

SANA'A, July 28 (Saba) - The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) in collaboration with the Sweden-based InternationalInstitute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance IDEA is to implement a program to evaluate democracy in Yemen.

The state-run 26sep website quoted director general ofthe HRITC Abdul Qawi Salim al-Ariqi as saying the program will involve four districts in four governorates which are the districts of Sheikh Othman in Aden, Maeen in Sana'a, Mukala in Hadramout and Qahira in Taiz.

Al-Ariqi added that the program will evaluate democracy in Yemen with field teams that will be assigned to evaluate democracy inthe country in the mentioned districts.

Hence, the teams will conduct a comprehensive national report on democracy in Yemen that should explain democracy defects and weaknesses to take necessary measures to deal with such problems. FR

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