One person died and dozens were injured yesterday when Yemeni police fired tear gas and demonstrators in Sanaa demanding an end to 32-year government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, hospital officials said. Witnesses said most of the injured suffered severe effects of tear gas but some were hit by bullets.
It is believed that two are in serious condition by fighting in Sana'a University, where protesters had camped out for days. Saleh U.S. sees as an important ally in its fight against a very active cell of Al Qaeda in impoverished Yemen, but has been increasingly alarmed by growing violence and urged dialogue.
The television channel Al Jazeera showed doctors trying to Yemenis, covered in blood and coughing due to exposure to tear gas in a makeshift hospital where protesters have set up camp next to the University, the epicenter of the protests in the capital. Several thousand people gathered there early Sunday, setting up barricades in an effort to secede from the riot police used a water cannon.
Carried signs that called Saleh "Chemical Ali" in reference to his use of an apparent police tear gas that doctors have said that attacks the nervous system. The Interior Ministry denied the charge. Seven protesters were wounded in Al-Maaf in Taiz province and another died Saturday due to police firing during protests in the southern port of Aden.
The wave of protests, inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, has weakened the power of Saleh of Yemen and caused over 30 deaths. But the president rejected calls for his resignation, instead offering to amend the Constitution and transfer powers to Parliament. Security forces are responsible for the loss of lives, they are firing at random and using excessive violenciamiembro Parliament Saleh's ruling party. 
It is believed that two are in serious condition by fighting in Sana'a University, where protesters had camped out for days. Saleh U.S. sees as an important ally in its fight against a very active cell of Al Qaeda in impoverished Yemen, but has been increasingly alarmed by growing violence and urged dialogue.
The television channel Al Jazeera showed doctors trying to Yemenis, covered in blood and coughing due to exposure to tear gas in a makeshift hospital where protesters have set up camp next to the University, the epicenter of the protests in the capital. Several thousand people gathered there early Sunday, setting up barricades in an effort to secede from the riot police used a water cannon.
Carried signs that called Saleh "Chemical Ali" in reference to his use of an apparent police tear gas that doctors have said that attacks the nervous system. The Interior Ministry denied the charge. Seven protesters were wounded in Al-Maaf in Taiz province and another died Saturday due to police firing during protests in the southern port of Aden.
The wave of protests, inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, has weakened the power of Saleh of Yemen and caused over 30 deaths. But the president rejected calls for his resignation, instead offering to amend the Constitution and transfer powers to Parliament. Security forces are responsible for the loss of lives, they are firing at random and using excessive violenciamiembro Parliament Saleh's ruling party.
- International Crisis Group : Popular Protest in North Africa and the Middle East II: Yemen between Reform and Revolution (13/03/2011)
- Violent Protests Break Out In Yemen, 100 Injured, One Schoolboy Killed (12/03/2011)
- State Department Warns Americans Against Travel to Yemen (07/03/2011)
- Yemen rejects Saleh offer with biggest protests yet (11/03/2011)
- Violence Flares in Yemen (12/03/2011)
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