Yemeni Labour Party حزب العمل اليمن | |
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| General secretary | Mukhtar al-Qushaybi |
| Founded | 2013 (2013) |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Center-left |
| Colours | Red |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 301 |
TheYemeni Labour Party (Arabic:حزب العمل اليمن,Ḥizb al-'Amil al-Yamanī) is asocial democratic political party inYemen. It was founded on June 20, 2013, in the capitalSanaa and is led byMukhtar al-Qushaybi.[1] The party denounced theSaudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen, calling it an act of aggression,[2] and renewed their support for theHouthi takeover in 2020, referring to it as the "September 21 Revolution".[3]
On 13 June 2017, the party's general secretary, SheikhMukhtar al-Qushaybi was arrested by theHouthis and detained without charges until 10 April 2020, when he was put before the public prosecutor's office after public pressure for his release. After interrogation, al-Qushaybi claimed the public prosecutor decided to release him, but revised that decision later.On 20 October 2020, al-Qushaybi went into a hunger strike, demanding his release and accountability of those who put him under arrest.[4]
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