Although the delegation had asserted that rape did not exist in Yemen, The Yemen Observer had apparently reported in May 2000 that a man had been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for repeatedly raping his daughter, and that the girl had been sentenced to five years.
Bien que la délégation yéménite ait affirmé que le viol n'existait pas au Yémen, le journal The Yemen Observer a, semble-t-il, relaté, en mai 2000, la condamnation à 20 ans de prison d'un homme ayant violé sa fille à plusieurs reprises, ainsi que celle de la jeune fille en question à cinq ans d'emprisonnement.