Friday, March 18, 2011

Yemen, repressed expression in the blood, 30 dead

Precipitated the political crisis in Yemen. The police and militants of the regime have a massacre of protesters in the capital Sanaa. During a protest in the central square of the change, opened fire at eye level, killing more than 30 protesters and killing at least two hundred wounded. Medical sources said, stressing that the main hospital is saturated and can no longer accommodate the victims.

Eyewitnesses report that many helicopters are flying over the area while armored vehicles are taking place in the city center, from which columns of smoke rising. In the universe 'of Sanaa, on 12 February Thousands of students, lawyers and civil society actors are in permanent sit in to demand an end the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power for over 32 years.

The first major demonstrations in the capital and Sanna in the southern city of Aden started on February 16 while the first victims in the capital date from February 23, and two students died at the hands of activists regime. From February 16 all over the country will follow daily protest marches anti-Saleh are also agree that the secessionist movement in the south, and the two most powerful tribal confederations in Yemen, the Hashed and Baqil.

The opposition in a desperate attempt to avoid a bloodbath had, in accordance with Islamic religious leaders, Saleh proposed a transition plan that foresaw a gradual exit from its power by the end of 2011, receiving a flat refusal.

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