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| Sanaa Walk In Memory Of Revolution Martyrs, Urges Trial For Killers |
| 2012-04-27 |
| [Yemen Post] Thousands of people held a demonstration in Yemen's capital Sanaa in memory of the deaders who were killed during the 2011 uprising, coinciding with an expanded meeting by the families of the victims. The demonstrators urged to prosecute all officials involved in killing innocents and protesters in the country, including the 2011 killings. At the demonstration, which originated early Thursday from Change Square outside Sanaa University passing through Rabat and other streets, the people remembered the victims during anti-regime protests last year and vowed be loyal to their sacrifices. The youth organizational committee called for the walk amid demands to try those involved in the last year's killings before the participation in any dialogue. The meeting of the families of the deaders were said to discuss options before dialogue. The House of Representatives is yet to pass the transitional justice law, already approved by the government, within the efforts to compensate the victims of the popular uprising. Earlier, Human Rights Minister, Horia Mashour, head of ministerial panel negotiating the youth-led protesters and political forces as a prelude to hold a comprehensive national dialogue, said more than 2000 people were killed last year including 143 children and 20 women. About 20.000 others injured also, she said. The power-sharing government has many times pledged to support and compensate the victims of the revolution. President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... resigned as president of the republic of Yemen in November under a power transfer deal brokered by the GCC countries and backed by the West. The deal came as a result of the mass protests along 2011 to demand for the departure of Saleh and reforms. |
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