Talk:People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

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Contents 1 Motto 2 Query 3 Human rights 4 Voting

[edit] Motto

Is it really true that the motto of the country is "There's more than one way to skin a cat"? It doesn't sound credible enough for me, and I couldn't find any proof on Google. Furthermore, it was added by an anon. [1] --Jūzeris | say what? | 19:50, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've removed the motto. --Jūzeris | huh? 08:59, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

No, it was added by my brother as a joke. Funny that it stayed for so long, and people even corrected its grammar. Sorry for the vandalism.

[edit] Query

"It was the only Communist state to ever exist in the Middle East and Islamic world"

Surely when Afghanistan was under communist rule it qualified as a communist state in the Islamic world.

Good point, changed it from Only to First --ThrashedParanoid 21:22, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Palmiro put that it was the only "Arab communist state" to have existed, i think that works better so long as Afganistan isnt counted as arab.--ThrashedParanoid 21:03, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Most of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakstan etc) was Socialist since the 1920s and were part of the USSR. South Yemen is the only Arab Communist State to exist, not the only or first in the Islamic world.

Yes, but they weren't states. Was Azerbaijan maybe? Palmiro | Talk 10:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Somalia was Marxist from about 1969-1991 under the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party of Siad Barre. Professing Marxism and obviously then, Communism. Somalia is considered Arab, at least since it is in the Arab League I assume it is. Thus, I believe it is incorrect to say it is the only Arab Communist State since Somalia was also one and this is the reason I have edited the page.

[edit] Human rights

Why is there a special section on human rights? Very few country articles have such sections, was human rights abuse in the PDRY exceptional? From reading the Amnesty International reports, it does not seem exceptional compared to other 3rd world countries, including the former YAR.--128.139.226.36 08:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voting

Was universal sufferage actually proscribed by the constitution? That seems very odd. The country claimed to be democratic --Descendall 05:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)