Yemeni authorities have freed a leading southern separatist days after he was arrested on his arrival in Aden after spending several years in self-imposed exile, an official told AFP on Sunday.
Former ambassador Ahmed al-Hassani, who has lived in Britain since 2006 as a political refugee, was arrested at dawn on Wednesday at the airport after arriving on-board a flight from Beirut. Hassani was freed overnight Saturday on the express orders of President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, the official said. Hassani is the secretary general of the Southern Democratic Assembly.