In an extension of the women’s movement taking place in the occupied southern governorates, protesting deteriorating economic conditions, rising prices, and the lack of basic services, a women’s demonstration took place in the city of Zinjibar, Abyan Governorate, demanding the improvement of basic services and addressing the escalating economic decline.
Lahij Governorate also witnessed a massive women’s demonstration yesterday afternoon, with hundreds of women participating, demanding improved living conditions and the provision of basic services, most notably electricity and water.
Participants held up banners demanding “improved electricity, water, and education” and “an end to the economic deterioration that is burdening families.”
In Aden, Al-Aroud Square witnessed a massive youth demonstration yesterday evening protesting the deteriorating living conditions and services.
Protesters held up banners and chanted slogans demanding the improvement of basic services, the provision of electricity and water, an end to the collapse of the local currency, and an end to the continuous rise in food and consumer prices.
The demonstrators demanded the regime’s departure, stressing that the government’s silence regarding their suffering was no longer acceptable.
Local sources reported that the Transitional Council militia opened fire to disperse the protesters and arrested one of the demonstrators, a move that sparked widespread resentment and was seen as an attempt to silence and suppress the right to peaceful protest.
The sources reported that armed elements were deployed around the square and prevented other demonstrators and media crews covering the demonstration from reaching the site.
Activists and social media users circulated videos of the demonstrators documenting the attacks by Transitional Council forces, which fired live ammunition. They wondered who benefits from the status quo? No electricity, no water, no salaries, no services, no health care, no economy, while all the mercenary leaders are in a deep sleep in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
These demonstrations come a day after dozens of women held a feminist demonstration in the same square demanding services. They also coincided with a similar protest in Lahj Governorate, amidst the escalating popular anger in the south of the country.
Women again took center stage in the civil movement, with a massive women’s demonstration held in Al-Aroud Square in Khormaksar, under the slogan “#Women_Revolution_Aden,” a clear expression of discontent with the deteriorating living and service conditions, and the authorities’ silence regarding the worsening suffering of the people.
The women’s demonstration sparked widespread engagement among activists, politicians, and public opinion leaders, with praise for the pioneering role of southern women in defending rights and angry responses to attempts to politicize the popular event organized by female civil society activists to demand basic services.
