Yemen looks to emergency powers

Yemen’s parliament met at the request of the country’s embattled president today to discuss imposing emergency law to deal with the uprising demanding his removal.

Yemen’s parliament met at the request of the country’s embattled president today to impose emergency law for 30 days to deal with the uprising demanding his removal.

The law gives security forces far-reaching powers of arresting and detaining suspects, suspends the constitution, allows censorship of the media and bars street protests.