Saturday, May 7, 2011

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students protest leaves two students dead in Yemen Chronicle

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The group of students were joined by thousands of people protested against the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh.

SANA .- Two students who participated Saturday in a demonstration demanding the postponement of final exams were killed by fire from Yemeni security forces in Al Maaf, south of Sana'a , organizers of the protest movement.


security forces tried to disperse the demonstrators with sticks who were throwing stones and then opened fire killing two students and wounding 15 others, including 9 students " , explained organizers without specifying the age of the victims.

For the hundreds of students demonstrating in the streets of Al Maaf, a village in the province of Taez, they were joined by thousands of people protested against the regime, the report said.

The Center for Information and Training on Human Rights confirmed that balance and reported in a statement "a crackdown by security forces in a peaceful march of students."

Students claim to be deferred the year-end exams, since classes were interrupted by strikes that accompanied the movement of popular revolt in Yemen, which calls for the January departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

security forces have killed about 150 people in the repression of the protest movement.

Source: lasegundaonline

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