Yemeni rebel court sentences 30 to death for spying: judicial source

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SANAA: A court run by Yemeni rebels Tuesday sentenced 30 academics, trade unionists and preachers to death for allegedly spying for the Arab coalition, a judicial source said.

The men, among 36 defendants tried by the criminal court in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, have been in custody for the past year, the source told AFP.