Public Gathering in Aden Attacked by Water Cannons
A meeting of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) in Aden was broken up by force on Friday by security troops, PSO, police units, and a fire brigade. Troops broke into the crowd and took away chairs. When the crowd refused to disperse, authorities used the fire brigade’s water hose causing several light injuries.
The political parties have issued protests to the violent reaction to the peaceful activity. The Aden security Department said only that the JMP did not get prior approval of security authorities for the gathering nor did they inform security of their gathering agenda. It denied any injuries.
This is Yemeni democracy.
Update: they are going to sue
al-Shawa 21/6/2006 Local and parliamentary leaderships sued security authorities in Aden
Local officials and parliamentary representatives in Aden announced that they will sue security authorities because that they were prevented to hold their festivals.
At après statement, a copy of which Sahwa net received, they demanded appeals prosecution in Aden for investigating in this case . Moreover, the representative described this act as irresponsible.
