Monday, February 14, 2011

Unrest in Yemen

"We want jobs, we want peace." In a revolt inspired by the overthrow of the Egyptian dictator Mubarak, thousands of Yemenis in a rage. On the third day of protests led to violent clashes with police. For three days show the people of Yemen continuously - and the protests are becoming more violent: On Sunday, it arrived in the capital Sanaa in massive clashes between demonstrators and police.

Several thousand people, including many students called for political reforms and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Salih. The protesters chanted "People want to overthrow the regime". When they tried to reach the central Hada Square in Sanaa, they were beaten back by police with batons.

According to witnesses, several demonstrators were injured and arrested 23 people. The ruling party also attempted to stifle the protest. Buses brought party members in the Tahrir Square in Sanaa. You should then help to prevent a meeting of the demonstrators. The government supporters had tents, food supplies and water it.

The place was cordoned off with barbed wire fence. Witnesses said overnight on the Tahrir Square stationed plainclothes police and government supporters had received from local officials khat leaves. The leaves of the African Khatstrauchs have a stimulating effect. Despite police presence, the demonstrators celebrated the withdrawal of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and called for the overthrow of their own president.

Opposition parties called on Sunday several preconditions for talks with the government. They require, among other things, a timetable for constitutional changes and economic reforms. They also call for the dismissal of Salih's son and other family members from its offices in the armed forces, security agencies and government bodies.

In an attempt to calm the situation, Salih had already promised to do in 2013 not running for another term and to refrain from installing his son as successor. EU Parliament president urges release of Algerian demonstrators also in Algeria escalated the situation to the weekend. In the capital Algiers, a massive police presence prevented a march on Saturday thousands of demonstrators.

The protesters held up newspapers with the message on Mubarak's resignation and called vociferously for the removal of the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The security forces used massive, some one to beat the protesters. Others went with armored vehicles and water cannons against them.

According to the Algerian Interior Ministry, 14 people were briefly detained, but said human rights activists from across the country more than 300 arrests. The government critics still want to go again next weekend on the road. should once again on Saturday a protest march organized in Algiers, said a representative of the Alliance's National Coordination for Change and Democracy (CNCD).

Jerzy Buzek, European Parliament President demanded the immediate release of all protesters. The Algerian government would "refrain from violence and respect the rights of citizens to demonstrate peacefully," Buzek said on Sunday in Brussels.

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