Aden.. Three demonstrators were injured by bullets from Transitional Council forces as they attempted to disperse the “Ashal” demonstration in the parade square.

Today, Saturday, three demonstrators were injured by bullets from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council forces as they attempted to disperse crowds in solidarity with the kidnapped Ali Ashal Al-Jaadani in the parade square in the temporary capital, Aden, in southern Yemen.

Local sources and eyewitnesses told "Yemen Shabab Net" that forces affiliated with the Transitional Council opened heavy fire on the demonstrators to prevent them from reaching the parade square in the city of Khor Maksar to participate in a peaceful march to demand the revelation of the fate of Lieutenant Colonel Ali Ashal, and the rest of the kidnapped and forcibly disappeared persons.

She added that the shooting resulted in three demonstrators being injured, noting that the transitional forces arrested many demonstrators in the parade square.

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The first wounded among the demonstrators fell by the bullets of an assassin from the Transitional Council gangs in the Millionia of Ashhal, and those who were forcibly disappeared in the parade square in the city of Aden. #Sons_of_Aden_Platform pic.twitter.com/VfEka0sgWn

- Sons of Aden Platform (@Aden_newss) August 3, 2024

The sources explained that the Transitional Council forces deployed widely in the streets of the city of Aden, created dozens of checkpoints and checkpoints on the roads leading to the parade square in the city of Khor Maksar, and opened fire on the procession of demonstrators coming from Abyan Governorate.

Pictures and videos showed scenes of the transitional forces opening fire to prevent a foot march of citizens from arriving at the parade square. The pictures and videos also showed a widespread deployment of the UAE-backed Council forces, detaining cars at the flag point and preventing their entry into Aden.

A source in the event's organizing committee confirmed that the demonstrators were able to reach the stage of the parade square after passing all the security barriers, despite the intensity of fire, the closure of roads, and the spread of armored vehicles, armored vehicles, and military crews belonging to the transitional government.

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Live bullets are now being fired at demonstrators in the parade square in Aden. #Sons_of_Aden_Platform pic.twitter.com/29JEK5u94a

- Sons of Aden Platform (@Aden_newss) August 3, 2024

Human rights activist Hoda Al-Sarari said that confronting the demonstrations with repression and shooting by security came under prior orders from the local authority in Aden, pointing to the arrest of Walid Al-Idrissi, Badr Al-Mahouri and some media professionals.

Al-Sarari, through the “X” platform, held the local authority and the military formations deployed at the entrances to the governorate and the parade square, armed with crews and armored vehicles, responsible for any violation or suppression of civilians.

She stressed that assembly and demonstration are considered a right recognized by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Yemeni Constitution, and no authority has the right to prevent people from expressing their opinion by demanding that violators be held accountable and reveal the fate of victims of enforced disappearance. Security and local authorities must provide all protection to civilians.

Peaceful demonstrations carried out by civilians in #Aden Coming from several governorates to demand the disclosure of the fate of kidnapped and forcibly disappeared people from their families, led by Lieutenant Colonel #Ali_Ashal. These demonstrations were faced with suppression by the security forces under prior orders from the local authority in Aden, which led to the shooting of the demonstrators and the arrest of #Walid_Al-Idrissi … pic.twitter.com/2yTW2zTPBQ

- Huda Alsarari Huda Alsarari (@h_alsarare) August 3, 2024

On Thursday, the Director of Aden Security, Major General Mutahar Al-Shuaibi, announced the escape of the commander of the anti-terrorism forces in the transitional forces, Yusran Al-Maqtari, out of Yemen, along with other defendants in the kidnapping and disappearance of Lieutenant Colonel Ashal, stressing that his fate is still unknown.