Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Yemen: Many injured in protests in Sana'a

Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated on Wednesday against President Salih in Sanaa. Security forces of the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have acted with full force against peaceful demonstrators in the capital Sanaa. They used the night to Wednesday firearms and tear gas, at least 80 people were injured, witnesses said.

Thousands of people had again demanded the resignation of Salih. Riot police intervened brutally, as she wanted to join the protest against the University of tribal members from a suburb of Sanaa. The secret, however, dismissed 33 members of the Yemeni Al-Qaeda offshoot from prison, reportedly from security sources.


First, the background of this decision was unclear. It was also uncertain whether it was a prison revolt in the Central Prison in Sanaa context. With the turmoil on Tuesday shot dead at least one guard prisoners, as Yemeni media reported. In the Arab news channel Al Jazeera said, referring to a prisoner, whether they killed three prisoners and four were injured.

The prisoners demanded more rights and the resignation of President Salih. In Yemen, the military had killed two protesters last Friday, had gone against corruption on the street. The protests against the Yemeni leadership had on Tuesday extended a number of administrative districts of the country.

In the south, police fired at two rallies with live ammunition into the air to disperse the crowd. Salih ruled the country since 1978 in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. So far, he had announced in 2013 to try to run not for the highest public office.

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