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Yemeni People Continue Demonstrations against Former Regime Officials

Angry Yemeni people once again staged massive rallies across the Arab country and demanded the resignation of allies and companions of the ousted dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh, from governmental posts.

Revolutionaries came out in the capital Sana’a and the southern cities of Taizz and Ibb on Monday.

They also called for the prosecution of Saleh and his aides for the killing of thousands of protesters since last year.

After ruling Yemen for 33 years, Saleh stepped down in February under a US-backed power transfer deal in return for immunity.

Saleh’s deputy, UK-trained field marshal Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, replaced him following a single-candidate presidential election backed by the US and Saudi Arabia. Hadi will serve for a two-year period as stipulated by the power transfer deal.

Saleh’s eldest son Ahmed now commands the elite Republican Guard, his nephew Yehya heads the central security services and another nephew, Tariq, controls the Presidential Guard.

Yemen has witnessed a popular uprising against the regime of Abdullah Saleh since January 2011.

Anti-regime demonstrators hold Saleh responsible for the killing of hundreds of revolutionaries during the uprising. The Yemeni people urge that Saleh and his allies should stand trial for their massive crimes and massacre of the people.

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