US embassy cable - 03SANAA1349

UNCLAS SANAA 001349 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KJUS, PHUM, PREL, DEMOCRATIC REFORM 
SUBJECT: PROPOSED YEMENI PARTICIPANTS FOR PRESIDENT'S 
PROPOSED MIDEAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 154149 
 
     B. SANAA 1236 
 
1.  (U)  Per ref A, following are Embassy Sanaa's revised 
suggestions of both government and private sector 
participants for the MidEast Regional Justice Forum: 
 
Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri 
Minister of Justice 
Newly-appointed to the cabinet (May 2003), professor of 
international law at Aden University, and Member of Parliament 
 
Judge Hamoud al-Hitar 
Member, Supreme Court 
Former Chairman of the Ulema ("religious scholar") Committee 
to conduct dialogue to reform fundamentalist terror-related 
detainees in 2002, considered one of the most moderate Yemeni 
clerics, prominent reform and human rights activist, close 
contact of Embassy, former IVP participant in the 1990s 
 
Reem Tariq Abdullah 
Lawyer, Aden 
Maritime and commercial law practice, reform-minded female 
lawyer, part of well-connected Yemeni family, former Humphrey 
fellow 
 
Jamal Adimi 
Lawyer, Sanaa 
Commercial law practice, high-profile director of the Forum 
for Civil Society -- an active non-governmental organization 
(NGO) engaged in human rights and rule of law reform, U.S. 
educated (LL.M American University) 
 
Judge Isaam al-Samawi 
Head, Aden Court of Appeals 
Young, fairly traditional judge, dedicated reformer 
MISENHEIMER