Did the U.N. Security Council just grant amnesty to Yemen's Saleh?

By artappraiser on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 12:37pm |

By Colum Lynch, Turtle Bay blog @ Foreignpolicy.com, October 21, 2011

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to condemn Yemen's bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters, and endorsed a regional political initiative aimed at securing President Ali Abdullah Saleh's commitment to leave office. The passage of the resolution marks the first time the 15-nation council has weighed in on the political crisis, which has played out over more than 9 bloody months.

It placed the U.N. squarely behind a 6 and a half month-old proposal by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that would grant immunity to Saleh and his inner circle if they agree to step aside.

The amnesty provision was sharply criticized by Yemen's Nobel Peace Prize laureate....

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