Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection (Seyaj) and Nushata Organization for Development and Human Rights arranged on Monday a special workshop to discuss the draft of the Human Rights Authority presented by the Human Rights Ministry last week.

Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection (Seyaj ) hosted on Monday a special meeting to discuss a trial of defendants of Al-Karama Friday (Dignity Friday) on which 54 protesters were killed and hundreds more were wounded on March 18, 2011.

About 26 minors were sentenced to death and 170 others are subjected to death sentences in violation of laws, chairman of Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection (Seyaj), Ahmed al-Qurashi said.

The Turkish Ambassador to Sana'a Fazli Corman has said that women and children are the most affected of violence, wars and armed disputed in Yemen.

Sana'a, May 15, 2012- Yemen's Information Minister Ali Al-Amrani has directed the state-run media outlets to cooperate with the campaign conducted by Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection (Seyaj) against child soldiers recruitment.

The early statistics collected by the monitor teams of Syaj Organization for Childhood Protection has said that eight children were killed and wounded during the presidential elections held Tuesday in Yemen.

Seyaj Organization of Childhood Protection in collaboration with the Education Ministry has launched a series of debates with school principals in Sana'a about enhancing democracy and human rights among children.

Government Yemeni officials and activists have cautioned against the risks of child recruitment and involving them in the armed disputes whenever there are no tackles that could reduce this phenomenon.