The Center for Human Rights grants shield of human rights defenders to the martyr Antar

The Yemeni Center for Human Rights granted lawyer, journalist and human rights activist martyr Hassan Abbas Antar the shield of human rights defenders, in recognition of his human rights struggle to defend human rights in Yemen during the period 2001-2010.

The Minister of Information, Dhaifallah Al-Shami, and the head of the center, Ismail Al-Mutawakel, handed over the shield of defenders to the father of the martyr Antar in a visit to his home.

The Center for Human Rights granted him the shield in recognition of his role in defending the victims of the authorities ’violations at the time, ending that by paying his life for the human rights principles he believed in and his martyrdom in defending the oppressed.