Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule of the Shi’ite Muslim Houthi movement whose gunmen fired on protesters in the central town of Ibb and wounded four, medics said.
It was the second day of nationwide demonstrations against the Iranian-backed Houthis in less then a week after its dissolution of parliament this month unraveled security and sent Western and Arab embassies packing.
Activists said they were enraged by the death on Saturday of Saleh al-Bashiri, who they say was detained by gunmen as they broke up an anti-Houthi protest in Sanaa two weeks ago and was released to a hospital with signs of torture on his body on Thursday. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis.
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How will we act when our time comes? Or will we react?
We will look back on this time (at least some will be able to look back) and chastise ourselves for not seeing the obvious. No man is more enslaved than the one who thinks he is free. For those of us who are supporting our captors with taxation and obedience, all we have to do is ask a simple question. Do we think our children will be free?
At every criterion, the next generation will not be free under the present government. There is no need to review the amount of debt they already owe. Regulations and laws to keep everyone safe are growing exponentially. Our source of information through the media is censored and we are subjected to misdirection instead of reality.
So I ask again: How will we act when our time comes?
David DeGerolamo
I hope like a man should act.