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Yemen is refusing to release names of dead and arrested in Aden, increasing stress on families. The following is a listing of the 19 killed in the February 25th- 26th massacre compiled by highly reliable sources. We initially reported 17 were killed, ( write up here) and the death total may rise again in coming days. The address refers to the individual’s hometown, not location of death. Update: Below is list of 69 wounded, a partial list and Arabic only.

no. -name- age- address

1. Mohammed Ali Baashan 19, Mansoora
2. Yaseen Ali Ahmed AlSuraihi 19, Mansoora
3. Fadel Mubarak Al-Khanshi 23, Mansoora
4. Aref Mohammed Ali 18 , Mansoora
5. Abdullah Mohammed AlBan, 27, Mansoora
6. Mokbel Mohammed Ahmed AlKazemi, 18, Khormakser (AlAreesh)
7. Abdul Hakeem Mohammed AlKaladi, 21, Mansoora (Omer AlMukhtar)
8. Hani Mohammed Haitham, 22, Khormakser (Alsaada St.)
9. Hameed Hussain Hameed, 23, Dar Saad
10. Gassan Ahmed, 18 , Al-Memdara
11. Ali Mahmood Nagi Ali, 23 , Sheekh Utman
12. Mohammed Muneer Khan, 15, Mansoora (Omer AlMukhtar)
13. Ahmed Zaki, 16, Shekh Uthman
14. Ayman Ali Hussain Al-Naqeeb, 20, Shekh Uthman
15. Hisham Mohammed Qaed, 25, , Shekh Uthman
16. Ali Abdulla AlKhulaqi, 15, Khormakser
17. Ahmed Sabri, 19, Lahj
18. Hussain Al-Gahafi, Lahj
19. Aref Mohammed Awad, 17 Mansoora

the names in arabic
. الشهداء الرقم الاسم العمر العنوان

1 محمد علي باعشن 19 عاماً المنصورة
2 ياسين علي أحمد السريحي 19 عاماً المنصورة
3 فضل مبارك الحَنَشي 23 عاماً المنصورة
4 عارف محمد علي 18 عاماً المنصورة
5 عبد الله محمد البان 27 عاماً المنصورة
6 مقبل محمد أحمد الكازمي 18 عاماً خور مكسر – العريش
7 عبد الحكيم محمد الكلدي 21 عاماً عمرو مختار
8 هاني محمد هيثم 22 عاماً خور مكسر – حي السعادة
9 حَميد حسين حَميد 23 عاماً دار سعد
10 غسان أحمد 18 عاماً الممدارة
11 علي محمود ناجي علي 23 عاماً الشيخ عثمان – السيلة
12 محمد منير خَان (موت سريري) 15 عاماً عمرو مختار
13 أحمد زكي 16 عاماً الشيخ عثمان
14 أيمن علي حسين النقيب 20 عاماً الشيخ عثمان – السيلة
15 هشام محمد قائد 25 عاماً الشيخ عثمان
16 علي عبد الله الخُلاقي (موت سريري) 15 عاماً خور مكسر – حي الجمهورية
17 أحمد صبري 19 عاماً لحج
18 حسين الجُحَافي لحج
19 عارف محمد عوض 17 عاماً المنصورة

Names of 69 of the wounded, there are an additional 53 wounded yet to be identified

1 سعيد غالب ناصر
•2 محمد غالب محمد عبدالله
3 عسكر علي عسكر
4 أيمن سلطان
5 وجدان صالح أحمد
6 علي محمد عبدالله
7 فضل الشرفي
8 راجي عطان
9 محمد أحمد ناصر
10 فضل محسن
11 خالد سالم عبدالله
12 حسن فضل علي
13 عماد محمد حمود
14 محمد خالد محمد عبدالله
15 سراج اليافعي
16 محمد محسن محمد
17 محمد الزيدي
18 وجدان طانجو
19 علي الزُبيدي
20 سالم أحمد سالم
21 غسان سعيد إسماعيل
22 سالم محمد علي
23 عبادي عُمر
24 هادي عبد القوي
25 رائد محمد عبدالرحمن
26 إبراهيم سيف محمد
27 سامي محمد عوض
28 صلاح عبد القوي
29 عبدالقوي ناصر أحمد
30 عبد الرحمن أحمد سعيد
31 أمجد محمد عبدالله
32 محمد أحمد أرشد عبدالله
33 عمار اليافعي
34 عمار علي مثنى
35 محد عوض الحنشي
36 عبد القوي عليوة
37 ثابت أحمد سالم
38 عفان سعيد إسماعيل
39 قائد محمد عبدالرحمن
40 حاشد عبد الرضي علوان
41 عماد عُمر حمادي
42 أحمد عبدالله أحمد
43 سالم جمال سالم محمد
44 حسين الحاج محمد
45 أحمد عُمر سيف مقبل
46 أحمد حسن محمد
47 محمد صبري
48 هشام محمد أحمد
49 أسامة عبد الدائم محمد
50 أصيل فيصل محمد
51 خالد سالم
52 محسن فضل
53 فضل علي صالح
54 محمد حسن محمد
55 أكرم محمد
56 محمد بن محمد صالح
57 وضاح حريري
58 ناجي عطاء علي
59 عبدالله فضل
60 حسين عبدالله باعقيل
61 محمد أحمد سالم
62 أمجد محسن
63 ثابت عبيد حازم
64 حاشد عليوة
65 جلال الغشمي المرزوقي
66 راجي محمد عبدالله
67 عوض الكازمي
68 أسامة مهدي العقربي
69 أياد فيصل الصبيحي

I try so hard not to curse and some days its really difficult. Al Masdar and very credible local sources are reporting that security forces collected the dead from Aden hospitals and moved them to Basuhaib Military hospital in Tawahi, controlled by the defense ministry. Security forces at the Basuhaib hospital refused to release the corpses to their families, as Yemeni authorities are attempting to disguise the scale of yesterday’s death toll.

Related: HRW

, YEMEN, FEB 26: The casualty toll from last night’s attacks on protesters in Aden is rising. This afternoon, we spoke to doctors from two out of three hospitals that received the victims last night. One hospital treated 29 wounded victims, one of whom died and two remain in critical condition. The wounds, according to the doctor, were mostly in the legs.
Two victims had been wounded by machine-gun bullets, the doctor said. (Read on …)

A report from the Jakarta globe identifies four dead in one protest in Aden yesterday and 40 injured, as government blames the protesters for the deaths. Also Houthis protested yesterday as well. Another report below in Arabic lists seven killed and 49 wounded last night. There are more bodies in refrigerators to be ID’d according to the note. Earlier 19 fatalities were identified killed in Aden and 124 injured from Feb 16-21.

The lying dogs deny any security forces were shooting protesters, instead they blame the southern movement. It would be funny if there weren’t so many killed and injured.

Saba: Yemen denies media reports on shooting protesters in Aden
ADEN, Feb. 26 (Saba) – A security source in Aden governorate denied on Saturday reports of mass media on shooting protesters in Mo’alla city of Aden by security forces on Friday night. “An armed group of separatists belong to what is called “the movement”, who fired aimlessly from some buildings the protesters, security men, electricity office’s employers and citizens”, the source said.

According to an AFP tally based on reports by medics and witnesses, at least 19 people have now been killed in almost daily clashes at anti-regime protests since they erupted on February 16. (Read on …)

A huge development if true. The article says Hussein resigned from the GPC, a good first step.

SMH: Yemen’s Hashed and Baqil tribal confederations announced on Saturday that they had joined protests to demand that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down, tribal sources told AFP.

“I have announced my resignation from the (ruling) General People’s Congress (GPC) in protest at the repression of peaceful demonstrators in Sanaa, Taez and Aden,” the source quoted Sheikh Hussein bin Abdullah al-Ahmar, head of the Hashid confederation, as saying. (Read on …)

Update: As the sun rises in Aden Saturday, 17 were killed overnight in six locations, but people are still trapped in their homes. Dozens were wounded. For details and links, click here. Live blogging the massacre below. (Read on …)

Human Rights Watch verified one death in Aden occurred earlier when police shot live rounds directly into a crowd in Muallah, as people were chanting “peaceful peaceful.” HRW is identifying the new weapon as a “military assault weapon.” Their report ends at 10 pm Aden time, which was three hours ago. According to residents, the assault is ongoing.

Yemen: Security Forces Kill Aden Protester
At Least a Dozen Wounded in Shootings on Peaceful Protests

(Aden, February 25, 2011) – Government security forces opened fire on peaceful anti-government protesters in several areas of the Yemeni port city of Aden on February 25, 2011, killing one demonstrator and wounding at least a dozen others, Human Rights Watch today. (Read on …)

First the march and the opening shots:

This one is shot in front of the Aden Hotel in Khormakser, Aden as people ran from the gunfire:

Its 3:00 am there, and there’s still shooting.

Highly recommended: Foreign Affairs