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Numerous people are injured with gunshot wounds. They even arrested blood donors: Local sources said that the security forces in Aden governorate arrested on Saturday night, more than five persons who were near the hospital, Captain of Aden, on the background they come to donate blood for a number of injured in the demonstrations on Thursday in Dali and developed the plaza, as well as several of their relatives.

Many doctors were arrested during the Sa’ada War for treating injured civilians or suspected rebels. The state denied MSF access to the injured as well. These barbaric tactics have become the norm for the Yemeni state.

Update: And of course the only logical thing to do at this point is confiscate al Jazeera’s transmitter: Argument Net: press reports revealed that the security forces on Thursday raided the Office of the channel “Al Jazeera” in Sanaa and the confiscation of the transmitter of the Office because of his coverage of opposition protests. The development of the past after violent clashes erupted between Yemeni security forces and elements of mobility in the southern Dali and pilgrimage. al Masdar has an interview with Al Jazeera correspondent Murad Hashim in which he reports threats from the authorities to take this step if al Jazeera broadcast news of the southern protests.

Yemen Post: Families in Yemen’s southern province of Dhale are fleeing the city to other safe places as security remains tight and raids on homes and arrests in connection with the search for outlaws and separatists continue.

Many families have left their homes after they came under attack since last Saturday when security forces imposed a security cordon around many districts in the province and started to bomb homes and arrest innocents.

Though a tense clam is now prevailing in Dhaleh at day, sporadic clashes between armed gangs, believed to belong to the secessionist movement, and security forces remain at night.

Authorities said that all measures taken in the province were precautionary to thwart the schemes of separatists and protect the people from outlaws and destructive elements.

In recent weeks, Dhale has seen many developments including declaring a state of emergency in some of its parts almost a week ago and tightening security to thwart unauthorized demonstrations that continue to sweep violence-hit south Yemen.

The people and elders in the city organized on Tuesday a peaceful sit-in to condemn the worsening situation amid large numbers of security forces disturbing the normal life but police broke up it. The developments come as state media say that a committee has been formed on Dhale headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs and Minister of Local Administration Rashad Al-Alimi. The committee is due to start its job in the coming days.

Dhale is one of the southern cities worst hit by violence in recent years where many incident took place including ambushing police and officials as well as attacking the people and burning their properties.

More recently, the Ministry of Communication ordered cell phone companies in the country to cut their services in Dhale and Lahj as campaigns to arrest fugitives and criminals continued in both cities.

Update to the update: Reuters:

Al Jazeera said Yemeni security forces had stormed its office in Sanaa on Thursday evening after being warned over its coverage of a southern secessionist movement on which the government recently launched a major crackdown. An official had telephoned Al Jazeera’s office earlier on Thursday, saying measures would be taken if the channel covered a meeting of southern opposition leaders, Murad Hashim, the head of Al Jazeera’s Sanaa bureau said on the channel’s website.

Al Arabiya also reported that some of its broadcasting equipment had been confiscated by police on Thursday. Its bureau chief was questioned for two hours but then released, Nasser al-Sarami, head of media at Al Arabiya told Reuters.

“They are concerned about the way we cover what is going on in the south. They didn’t give us a reason, but we believe this is the link,” Sarami said.

The state demands al Jazeera adhere to rules of censorship or be expelled:

26 September Net:

Yemen has criticized the exaggerated reaction of Aljazeera TV Channel after the Information Ministry had taken its unauthorized broadcasting equipment.

Yemen makes facilities to the TV and its free operation inside the country is an obvious proof of this, a source at the ruling party said, adding that the reservation of transmission units that also included Alarabiya TV Channel was legal.

We regret that Aljazeera has recently started to be partial and abuse its profession targeting Yemen’s unity and reporting false reports and archive photos on the situation in the south, the source said.

Such move by the TV only leads to igniting the situation in Yemen and losing the credibility of the pan-Arab channel.

We urge the TV office in Yemen to reconsider their programs and adhere to objectivity when reporting in Yemen, the source said, warning that if the office continues its misleading Yemen will close it.

Yemen may also withdraw the licenses of the reporters of Aljazeera in response to the demands of many Yemeni people who have condemned the coverage of the situation in the south where separatists and outlaws are breaking law and attacking police and the people.

On Friday, the Ministry of Information took the transmission devices of Aljazeera and Alarabiya Satellite Channels as Yemen accuses the two TV stations of fabricating stories about the situation in the south.

A source at the ministry said that the devices were unauthorized by the ministry and that they would be returned to where they came from.

Before the move, the directors of the offices of the two TVs in Sana’a were summoned and informed that this is a legal matter, according to the source.

Murad Hashim and Hamoud Munasar were also requested to cooperate with the authorities.

The ministry will reserve the two devices, the source said, denying that the move was arbitrary or aimed at cracking down on the media as protests and violence continue to sweep the south.

Yemen welcomes the media and broadcasting sets but on condition they operate without violating the national law, igniting chaos or reporting falsehoods about any part of the country, the source concluded. saba