Publication Date:
Mon, 2011-04-18 20:01
Monday’s violence took place in Al-Hudaydah on the Red sea, where thousands rallied demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down.
Activist Riyadh Al-Absi says 45 were hurt, including 12 protesters wounded by bullets fired by plainclothes policemen. He says police used batons to beat protesters who responded by throwing stones.
Yemen has been wracked by protests since mid-February over the country’s lack of freedoms and extreme poverty.
Also on Monday, several top figures and lawmakers who defected from Saleh’s ruling Congress Party set up a new opposition party.
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