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| Yemenis want Saleh to stand UN trial |
| 2011-10-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] Yemenis have staged massive demonstrations nationwide in a show of protest against President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... , calling on the UN to intervene and put the dictator on trial. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators erupted into the streets on Friday in the capital, Sana'a, and the cities of Hajjah, Sa'ada and Taizz, AFP reported. They called on the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... to prosecute Saleh for the brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests that has cost hundreds of lives. "We want the world to pass a resolution which defends the blood of the revolutionaries," protesters chanted at a huge gathering near the flashpoint Change Square in central Sana'a. "There will be no immunity... Saleh and his cronies must face trial," chanted the protesters. "We want the world to pass a resolution to defend the blood of the revolutionaries," they said. In the southern city of Taizz, meanwhile, pro-Saleh forces shelled several residential areas as part of their crackdown on anti-regime protests. Yemeni protesters demanding the ouster of Saleh are hoping to see decisive action by the UN Security Council. This is while Sana'a has urged the Security Council to avoid a resolution targeting Saleh. Organizers of the youth protests have called for a march on Saturday in central Sana'a. Yemen's youth movement sent a letter to the UN earlier this month, saying at least 861 people have been killed and 25,000 others have been maimed since the popular revolution began in the country in February. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 An inducement for him to resign? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-10-15 05:52 |