Yemenis mark Intl. Quds Day in Sa'ada

Sun Aug 28, 2011

Yemeni people have held demonstrations in the northern city of Sa'ada to voice their support for the Palestinians as they commemorate the International Quds Day.

Large crowds of people poured in their thousands into the streets of the Houthi stronghold on Friday in a show of solidarity with Palestinians.

The demonstrators condemned Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories and called for an end to what their called Israeli crimes against Palestinians.

The Yemeni protesters shouted slogans against the United States and Israel.

Similar rallies were also held across Yemen, including the capital of Sana'a, where protesters renewed their call for the downfall of Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime.

Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out for regular demonstrations in Yemen's major cities since January, calling for an end to corruption and unemployment, and demanding the ouster of Saleh, who has been in power since 1978.

Hundreds of protesters have been killed and many more injured in the regime's brutal crackdown on Yemen's popular uprising.

Meanwhile, Saleh is still convalescing in Saudi Arabia, where he travelled for medical treatment for the injuries he sustained in an attack on his presidential palace on June 3.

In August 1979, late Founder of the Islamic Republic Grand Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini declared the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as the International Quds Day.

The initiative calls on Muslims across the world to mark the annual occasion by holding street rallies in protest at Israel's occupation of the Palestinians' homeland.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/196128.html.