A message from the Youth of Mukalla, Yemen to the Free World
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MUKALLA IS UNDER SIEGE

WE are citizens of the city of Mukalla, Hadramout Yemen. We would like to draw your attention to what is happening in Hadramout and the southern provinces of Yemen known in the past as South Yemen or South Arabia.

Hadramout have been witnessing demonstrations and sits-in in opposition to the worse situations in the southern governorates i.e.: mistreatment, taking our lands by force, stealing our oil and fish wealth by military forces, and big officials coming from the north taking our jobs, forcing others to retire very early with a very tiny salaries, others without salaries especially soldiers, corruption, absence of security and safety, and killing in the midday.

The demonstrations have been taking place almost every other day in Mukalla and other southern provinces. Military forces open fire at the demonstrators, killing two persons in Mukalla ,two in Dhala and one Aden and many have been injuried in different areas of the south, including kidnapping of politicians and journalists.

Dozens of politicians and young men have been detained due to their participation in the demonstrations. Others have been chasing after, which forces them to leave their cities as they feel their lives is in danger should they stay with their families .

WE are the people of Mukalla as well as our brothers in the other governorates feel disappointed because the international media and press as well as the Arabic ignore their case (what is happening in the South).

WE are the youth of Hadramout claim the national and international human rights organizations, International community as well as security council to intervene to protect us from the police regime of president Salah in Sanaa to bring international teams and observers and human rights organizations to search facts and to defend the people here whose life is in danger

Youth of the city of Mukalla
18/9/2007

HADRAMOUT, Sept. 16 — Media and local sources from Hadramout governorate have mentioned that security forces dispersed, last Friday evening, a big crowd of angry demonstrators amounting to 3,000, with flood nozzles.

The demonstrators chanted mottos like “for your cause detainees!” and raised red and black signs together with the photo of youth Salah Sa’eed Al-Qahom, who was killed during the march on the first of September. They also raised photos of Socialist leader Hasan Ahmed Ba’aum, demanding immediate release of detainees held over the demonstrations.

In the early hours of the demonstration, security forces arrested the chairman of Yemeni Unionist Congregation Nasser Baqazcuz, accusing him of inciting people to demonstrate. They also arrested a member of the local council, Saleh bin Hamel, as well as nine other people whose identities are unknown.

Citizens complained their houses and shops got damaged by the heavy water sprayed by flood nozzles used by security forces.

Meanwhile, the Coordinating Authority of Political and Popular and Civil Society Forces denounced the new arrests which involved many citizens and the excessive use of force while dispersing a peaceful marching.

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