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Document of Reconciliation and Forgiveness Between the Families of the Al Ali bin Ahmad Al Awlaqi Clan

  • Country/entity

    Yemen
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Document of Reconciliation and Forgiveness Between the Families of the Al Ali bin Ahmad Al Awlaqi Clan
  • Date

    7 Apr 2019
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/local conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage

    Framework/substantive - comprehensive
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Yemen Inter-group Agreements
  • Parties

    Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed bin Muhsin Al Awlaqi
    [SIGNED]

    Muhammad Mufni Abdullah Fareed
    [SIGNED]

    Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah BaDhayaf
    [SIGNED]

    Abdullah Masa’ Abd Rabboh Batinah
    [SIGNED]

    Sheikh Abdullah Saeed Al Qirai’
    [SIGNED]

    Ali Ahmad Muhammad
    [SIGNED]

    Muhammad Ali Al Sawd
    [SIGNED]

    Saber Nasser
    [SIGNED]

    Ahmad Fareed Hadi Abdullah
    [SIGNED]

    [ILLEGIBLE]
    [SIGNED]

    Awadh Muhammad Al Tabalah
    [SIGNED]

    Abdullah Saleh Abdullah Al Fayadh
    [SIGNED]

    Nasser Salem Ahmad BaFayadh
    [SIGNED]

    Ali Salem Barlak
    [SIGNED]

    Mahdi Nasser Ali Muneeb Saber BaHada
    [SIGNED]

    Saleh Salem Al Saadi BaFat
    [SIGNED]

    Saleh Ahmad Omar Al Madhaji
    [SIGNED]

    Abdullah Saleh Salem Mithaq
    [SIGNED]

    Khalid Abdullah Shidhayah
    [SIGNED]

    Muhsin Salem Saber
    [SIGNED]

    Nasser Salem Sulaiman Mirbish BaFayadh
    [SIGNED]

    Salem Mudheeb Muhammad BaHada
    [SIGNED]

    Maqrouh Ali BaHada
    [SIGNED]

    Mubarak Salem BaHada
    [SIGNED]

    Muslih Muhammad Saleh
    [SIGNED]

    Saber Saeed Salem BaHada
    [SIGNED]

    Fahd Ahmad Muhammad Abdulsalam
    [SIGNED]

    Muhsin Muhammad Mueen Baqarn BaHada
    [SIGNED]

    Hamid Hasan Hamid
    [SIGNED]

    Abd Rabboh Abdullah Muhammad
    [SIGNED]

    Abdullah Ali Daqal
    [SIGNED]

    Ali Lasawd [ILLEGIBLE]
    [SIGNED]

    Ali Salem Dami
    [SIGNED]

    Ali Sa’rit Al Usr
    [SIGNED]

    Ahmad Muhammad Saleh
    [SIGNED]

    Saeed Ali
    [SIGNED]

    Saleh Tamer Ajroum
    [SIGNED]

    Munassar Abdullah Awadh
    [SIGNED]

    Muneer Ahmad Ajroum
    [SIGNED]

    Nasser [ILLEGIBLE] Firaih Bin Shibah
    [SIGNED]

    Maher Saeed Balkhair
    [SIGNED]
  • Third parties

    CC: - The Office of the Minister of Interior - The Governor of the Shabwa Governorate - The Governorate Security Director - The Al Saeed Court Judge - The Al Saeed Public Prosecutor - The Shabwa Appellate Court Judge - The Shabwa Appellate Public Prosecutor
  • Description

    This agreement which addresses an ongoing tribal conflict, commits the parties to reconciling sub-divisions within the same clan, drawing a line under the dispute and recognising the signing as an official pardon of all those involved in the conflict by the wider clan. Societal leaders and dignitaries of the clan addressed issues involved in the tribal conflict including specific incidents of killings during a period between 2014 and 2019. These issues are expressed as unresolved by the previous related agreement, this agreement commits the signatories to ensure that compensations are made to the families of 11 men killed in the tribal feud as well as ensuring general reconciliation across all branches of the tribe.


Groups

  • Children/youth
    Groups→Children/youth→Rhetorical
    Page 1,
    We also hope to build a solid foundation of brotherhood and cooperation, as well as a safe future for us and our children, free of any of the negatives and diseases of the past.

    Page 2,
    With this document, we all consider this issue to be done with, and to be the last of our terrible problems from this past. It shall be a foundation for us to build a society that is free of wars and vendettas, and one with a future of peace, stability, and brotherhood for our children and their futures.
  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group
    Groups→Racial/ethnic/national group→Rhetorical
    Page 1, ... sheikhs, dignitaries, and elders of the Al Ali bin Ahmad bin Ma’n Al Awlaqi clan, and all of the prominent and social figures of the clan, were invited for talks. After discussing the matter amongst themselves, they communicated with the various groups involved and all of those who wish good for the tribe

    Page 1, Their meeting was conducted for the tribe and in order to put out the fire of conflict and evil and to promote anything that will strengthen the ties of family, brotherhood, and love between the clans, branches, and families of the tribe.
  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys
    Gender→Men and boys→Other
    Page 2, 1. All of the eleven men who were killed are the men of the Ali bin Ahmad clan, and they are all our brothers and our sons. Their loss is our loss, and it is our blood that was shed.

    Page 2, 4. ... we reiterate that these men who were killed are our brothers and our dead.
  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family
    Page 1,
    Their meeting was conducted for the tribe and in order to put out the fire of conflict and evil and to promote anything that will strengthen the ties of family, brotherhood, and love between the clans, branches, and families of the tribe.

    Page 2, 2. The people of the Ali bin Ahmad clan have decided to forgive and forget for all of their members who were killed. They did this to please Allah first and foremost, and also to strengthen the ties of brotherhood and family...

    Page 2, 4. Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed Al Awlaqi shall pay the compensation to the families of the victims, at the rate of 10 million Yemeni riyals to each one of the families of the victims...

    Page 3, ... It is required that the family of the victim be appeased

State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders
    Page 1, ... the sheikhs, dignitaries, and elders of the Al Ali bin Ahmad bin Ma’n Al Awlaqi clan, and all of the prominent and social figures of the clan, were invited for talks.

    Page 1, ... the families of Al Ali bin Ahmad clan, represented by their sheikhs, dignitaries, elders, prominent figures, and social figures, have met on this blessed day and agreed to put an end to this bloodshed between the members of the clan.
  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general
    Page 2,
    1. All of the eleven men who were killed are the men of the Ali bin Ahmad clan, and they are all our brothers and our sons. Their loss is our loss, and it is our blood that was shed.

    2. The people of the Ali bin Ahmad clan have decided to forgive and forget for all of their members who were killed. They did this to please Allah first and foremost, and also to strengthen the ties of brotherhood and family, stop the bloodshed between brothers in religion and in tribe, and for their future and the future of their children.
  • Amnesty/pardon
    Transitional justice→Amnesty/pardon→Amnesty/pardon proper
    Page 2,
    3. This pardon is from the all of the Al Ali clan, and it includes all of them. This pardon cannot be retracted, and there cannot be any claims or suits after this.
  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims
    Page 2, 4. Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed Al Awlaqi shall pay the compensation to the families of the victims, at the rate of 10 million Yemeni riyals to each one of the families of the victims, and we reiterate that these men who were killed are our brothers and our dead.

    Page 3, (following list of signatories) ... It is required that the family of the victim be appeased.
  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations
    Transitional justice→Reparations→Material reparations
    Page 2,
    4. Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed Al Awlaqi shall pay the compensation to the families of the victims, at the rate of 10 million Yemeni riyals to each one of the families of the victims, and we reiterate that these men who were killed are our brothers and our dead.
  • Reconciliation
    Page 1,

    Their meeting was conducted for the tribe and in order to put out the fire of conflict and evil and to promote anything that will strengthen the ties of family, brotherhood, and love between the clans, branches, and families of the tribe. Based on that, this blessed idea was formed, and it is based on building a foundation for reconciliation, forgiveness, and moving on from the past and all of its catastrophes and injuries. This idea is based on building bridges of love between the various tribal components and bridging the gaps between them. All of the tribes of the Al Ali clan agreed to this, under the leadership and generous sponsorship of our sheikh, Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed Al Awlaqi, during a meeting on Sunday, 7 April 2019.

Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    On file with PI.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Sunday, 7 April 2019

Document of Reconciliation and Forgiveness Between the Families of the Al Ali bin Ahmad Al Awlaqi Clan

All praises be to Allah, who said “Whoever pardons and seeks reconciliation, then their reward is with Allah.”

And He said:

“Whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity.”

Based on the generous invitation of our honored sheikh, Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed bin Muhsin Al Awlaqi, the sheikhs, dignitaries, and elders of the Al Ali bin Ahmad bin Ma’n Al Awlaqi clan, and all of the prominent and social figures of the clan, were invited for talks.

After discussing the matter amongst themselves, they communicated with the various groups involved and all of those who wish good for the tribe and its future regarding a tribal truce.

Their meeting was conducted for the tribe and in order to put out the fire of conflict and evil and to promote anything that will strengthen the ties of family, brotherhood, and love between the clans, branches, and families of the tribe.

Based on that, this blessed idea was formed, and it is based on building a foundation for reconciliation, forgiveness, and moving on from the past and all of its catastrophes and injuries.

This idea is based on building bridges of love between the various tribal components and bridging the gaps between them.

All of the tribes of the Al Ali clan agreed to this, under the leadership and generous sponsorship of our sheikh, Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed Al Awlaqi, during a meeting on Sunday, 7 April 2019.

They decided, during this meeting, to deal with and resolve all of the issues of killings between the members of the tribe during the period from 2014 and until today.

This agreement is a continuation of previous agreements between the tribes of Al Ali, who have always been at the forefront of finding rational solutions for their problems, since 1992.

This document is applicable for all of the issues that were not included within the scope of tribal vendettas as they are known to the tribes of Arabia, and it includes the issues that have come up recently, starting with the accidental killings and followed by cases of killings.

These issues were solved with solutions that were incorrect and irrational, and there were specific entities that were benefitting from these problems and feeding into them.

Based on that, the families of Al Ali bin Ahmad clan, represented by their sheikhs, dignitaries, elders, prominent figures, and social figures, have met on this blessed day and agreed to put an end to this bloodshed between the members of the clan.

This bloodshed has been carried out without purpose and without end, harming everyone, and it does not please Allah, his Messenger, or any human being for this to continue.

These representatives saw the importance of finding root solution to all of these problems, ensuring that these solutions please Allah and please all involved, especially since we are in dire need today of unity and to stand together because of the difficult situation that we are going through requires that we all stand together.

We also hope to build a solid foundation of brotherhood and cooperation, as well as a safe future for us and our children, free of any of the negatives and diseases of the past.

The cases that are addressed by this document were selected, and they are the cases of eleven men who were killed.

They were all from the tribes of Ali bin Ahmad, and the following is a list of their names:

Ahmad Hanash Awadh

Aamer Muhammad Ali Atef

Muhammad Abdullah Awadh Al Sawah

Jamel Khalid Muhammad Ali Atef

Muhammad Salem Ali Numair

Saleh Nasser Salem Atiah

Ali Muhammad Hussein Al Arsah

Abu Bakr Ahmad Hanash Awadh

Saleh Salem Al Ja’ar

Assem Nasser Atef

Abdullah Salem Nasser Al Awfah

The representatives of the tribes of Ali bin Ahmad that have signed this agreement have agreed to the following solutions:

All of the eleven men who were killed are the men of the Ali bin Ahmad clan, and they are all our brothers and our sons.

Their loss is our loss, and it is our blood that was shed.

The people of the Ali bin Ahmad clan have decided to forgive and forget for all of their members who were killed.

They did this to please Allah first and foremost, and also to strengthen the ties of brotherhood and family, stop the bloodshed between brothers in religion and in tribe, and for their future and the future of their children.

This pardon is from the all of the Al Ali clan, and it includes all of them.

This pardon cannot be retracted, and there cannot be any claims or suits after this.

Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed Al Awlaqi shall pay the compensation to the families of the victims, at the rate of 10 million Yemeni rials to each one of the families of the victims, and we reiterate that these men who were killed are our brothers and our dead.

With this document, we all consider this issue to be done with, and to be the last of our terrible problems from this past.

It shall be a foundation for us to build a society that is free of wars and vendettas, and one with a future of peace, stability, and brotherhood for our children and their futures.

May Allah guide us.

CC:

The Office of the Minister of Interior

The Governor of the Shabwa Governorate

The Governorate Security Director

The Al Saeed Court Judge

The Al Saeed Public Prosecutor

The Shabwa Appellate Court Judge

The Shabwa Appellate Public Prosecutor

Signatures

#

Name

Signature

#

Name

Signature

1

Sheikh Saleh bin Fareed bin Muhsin Al Awlaqi

[SIGNED]

Muhammad Mufni Abdullah Fareed

[SIGNED]

2

Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah BaDhayaf

[SIGNED]

Abdullah Masa’ Abd Rabboh Batinah

[SIGNED]

3

Sheikh Abdullah Saeed Al Qirai’

[SIGNED]

Ali Ahmad Muhammad

[SIGNED]

4

Muhammad Ali Al Sawd

[SIGNED]

Saber Nasser

[SIGNED]

5

Ahmad Fareed Hadi Abdullah

[SIGNED]

[ILLEGIBLE]

[SIGNED]

6

Awadh Muhammad Al Tabalah

[SIGNED]

Abdullah Saleh Abdullah Al Fayadh

[SIGNED]

7

Nasser Salem Ahmad BaFayadh

[SIGNED]

Ali Salem Barlak

[SIGNED]

8

Mahdi Nasser Ali Muneeb Saber BaHada

[SIGNED]

Saleh Salem Al Saadi BaFat

[SIGNED]

9

Saleh Ahmad Omar Al Madhaji

[SIGNED]

Abdullah Saleh Salem Mithaq

[SIGNED]

10

Khalid Abdullah Shidhayah

[SIGNED]

Muhsin Salem Saber

[SIGNED]

11

Nasser Salem Sulaiman Mirbish BaFayadh

[SIGNED]

Salem Mudheeb Muhammad BaHada

[SIGNED]

12

Maqrouh Ali BaHada

[SIGNED]

Mubarak Salem BaHada

[SIGNED]

15

Muslih Muhammad Saleh

[SIGNED]

Saber Saeed Salem BaHada

[SIGNED]

Fahd Ahmad Muhammad Abdulsalam

[SIGNED]

Muhsin Muhammad Mueen Baqarn BaHada

[SIGNED]

Hamid Hasan Hamid

[SIGNED]

Abd Rabboh Abdullah Muhammad

[SIGNED]

Abdullah Ali Daqal

[SIGNED]

Ali Lasawd [ILLEGIBLE]

[SIGNED]

Ali Salem Dami

[SIGNED]

Ali Sa’rit Al Usr

[SIGNED]

Ahmad Muhammad Saleh

[SIGNED]

Saeed Ali

[SIGNED]

Saleh Tamer Ajroum

[SIGNED]

Munassar Abdullah Awadh

[SIGNED]

Muneer Ahmad Ajroum

[SIGNED]

Nasser [ILLEGIBLE] Firaih Bin Shibah

[SIGNED]

Maher Saeed Balkhair

[SIGNED]

It is required that the family of the victim be appeased.