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| More than One Million March in Yemen Calling for Regime Change |
| 2011-11-04 |
| [Yemen Post] Demonstrations calling for the ouster of President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... did not stop on Thursday as the country saw youth gather in large number in 14 of the countries 21 provinces. Nationwide, at least one million were in change square demanding a regime fall. "It grows everyday. We will not slack down and Saleh knows that. That is why he is scared. He knows that this era is the era of the people. He has ruled more than 33 years and we suffered. It is enough suffering for the Yemeni people. We have nothing to lose now," said Sameer al-Shohaiti, a youth protester in Ibb province. More than 200,000 youths marched the streets of Sana'a calling opposition parties to find a decisive solution to oust the Ali Saleh regime. The youth marched Qa'a road, on their way to Zubairy, Siteen Road, and back to change square Sana'a. A pro government supporter drove through a wall of pro democracy youth protesters in Sana'a stomping and injuring more than 15 youth activists, eyewitnesses said. "We can't even express our opinion without fearing death. This is why we want change. This is why we are marching. Yemen lacks the essentials of democracy and freedom," said Moammar al-Mathrahi, a youth activist who participated in today's march. He added, "what does the government gain by killing us? The youth were were stomped today are now in pain and some could lose their life. All this because Ali Saleh wants to stay in power and keep the country for him and his corrupt children." During the march tens of chants against the ruling family were repeated, one of which was, "Saleh is responsble for spilling our blood, please listen to us interpol." In Hodieda, more than 70,000 anti government protesters marched the streets condemning the government attacks on unarmed civilians and called on the international community to save the lives of innocent Yemenis. Pro government supporters were throwing rocks at the protesters, however, they continued marching. Security forces were in every corner the marches turned towards. At least seven tanks were seen near the march area. Protesters lifted banners calling that Ali Saleh be taken to the ICC and stand for the crimes he committed against unarmed youth. Ibb, Aden, Shabwa, Saa'ada, Baitha, Dhammar, and Hajja, each saw at least 50,000 youth protesters. |
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