President Saleh Breaks Promise to End Attacks on Peaceful Demonstrators
March 12, 2011
"(New York) - A pre-dawn attack on March 12, 2011, by Yemeni security forces and assailants on peaceful protesters in Sanaa killed at least two people and injured more than 100, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch called on countries that support President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government to immediately make any further military or security assistance contingent on the government ending the use of lethal force against peaceful protests. Human Rights Watch said the government should also take concrete steps to hold accountable officials at all levels responsible for the continued unlawful use of force.
March 12, 2011
"(New York) - A pre-dawn attack on March 12, 2011, by Yemeni security forces and assailants on peaceful protesters in Sanaa killed at least two people and injured more than 100, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch called on countries that support President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government to immediately make any further military or security assistance contingent on the government ending the use of lethal force against peaceful protests. Human Rights Watch said the government should also take concrete steps to hold accountable officials at all levels responsible for the continued unlawful use of force.
"President Saleh has once again broken his promise to end attacks on peaceful protesters, and those who supply his government with weapons risk complicity in this bloodshed," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "Yemen's donors in the region and beyond need to make clear that financial and security assistance is contingent on ending these attacks."......"
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