A student was shot dead Saturday, February 19, during a pitched battle between demonstrators and supporters of the regime in Sana'a, Aden while the great city of southern Yemen, had another night of rioting. This is the first time that a protester was killed in Sanaa where popular protest is growing against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power for 32 years.
A total of eleven people were killed across the country, including nine in Aden and dozens injured in protests and clashes since the beginning of the movement on February 13. President Barack Obama has "condemned" the use of violence against demonstrators in Yemen, a key ally of the United States in the fight against Al Qaeda, but also in Bahrain and Libya, also buffeted by dissent.
He called for respect for freedom of expression. In the capital Sanaa, a student was shot dead and five wounded in clashes between protesters and supporters of the regime who tried to storm the campus of the University of Sanaa, home of the dispute. Supporters of the scheme, including members of armed loyalist tribes, have worked hard on the students with batons, clubs and stones.
Some have used live ammunition while students retaliated by throwing stones at them. "The people want the fall of the regime," chanted the students also repeated at the president: "Ali, your passport is ready, Jeddah waiting for you", referring to the Saudi city where the president has taken refuge Tunisian fallen Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Aden, the main southern city, has experienced another night of rioting after the death of four people Friday night in the dispersal of demonstrations antirégime. Despite the violent repression of demonstrations, thousands of protesters continued to march through the night at Aden, attacking the symbols of power.
They burned the headquarters of the provincial council after having ransacked, witnesses said. Hundreds of youths tried to storm the police headquarters but were repelled by his guards who fired live ammunition and youths blocked traffic by placing burning tires. The protesters carried portraits of locals killed in recent days.
"Neither North nor South, our revolution is young," they chanted, too, seemed to stand out from the movement that animates the southern separatist protest in southern Yemen which was an independent state until 1990. In addition, fifty members of the ruling party, General People's Congress (GPC) have submitted their resignations in protest, in a statement denouncing "the actions of security forces". 
A total of eleven people were killed across the country, including nine in Aden and dozens injured in protests and clashes since the beginning of the movement on February 13. President Barack Obama has "condemned" the use of violence against demonstrators in Yemen, a key ally of the United States in the fight against Al Qaeda, but also in Bahrain and Libya, also buffeted by dissent.
He called for respect for freedom of expression. In the capital Sanaa, a student was shot dead and five wounded in clashes between protesters and supporters of the regime who tried to storm the campus of the University of Sanaa, home of the dispute. Supporters of the scheme, including members of armed loyalist tribes, have worked hard on the students with batons, clubs and stones.
Some have used live ammunition while students retaliated by throwing stones at them. "The people want the fall of the regime," chanted the students also repeated at the president: "Ali, your passport is ready, Jeddah waiting for you", referring to the Saudi city where the president has taken refuge Tunisian fallen Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Aden, the main southern city, has experienced another night of rioting after the death of four people Friday night in the dispersal of demonstrations antirégime. Despite the violent repression of demonstrations, thousands of protesters continued to march through the night at Aden, attacking the symbols of power.
They burned the headquarters of the provincial council after having ransacked, witnesses said. Hundreds of youths tried to storm the police headquarters but were repelled by his guards who fired live ammunition and youths blocked traffic by placing burning tires. The protesters carried portraits of locals killed in recent days.
"Neither North nor South, our revolution is young," they chanted, too, seemed to stand out from the movement that animates the southern separatist protest in southern Yemen which was an independent state until 1990. In addition, fifty members of the ruling party, General People's Congress (GPC) have submitted their resignations in protest, in a statement denouncing "the actions of security forces".
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