A source at the public movement for justice and change in Taiz Province said on Tuesday that the movement in association with a number of activists, religious clerics, lawmakers and social figures is sending a humanitarian and peace convoy within efforts to lift the blockade on and condemn violence in Dhale Province in the south.
The convoy comes in protest at carnage, anonymous violence and vandalism the people are suffering in Dhale and bring the worsening situation and the months-long blockade to the media and human rights organizations, the source said.
The movement has been preparing the convoy for days and medics, lawyers and civil society organizations are participating in it, the source added.
MP Sultan Al-Sami'e, the spokesman for the convoy, said it comes as a symbol act in solidarity with the people in Dhale who have been under attacks and siege for months.
Furthermore, it comes to demonstrate our refusal to using force against the civilians and even in resolving problems, he said.
About 70 to 100 peace activists are taking part in the convoy carrying placards reading ' lift the blockade of Dhale'.
Almost two weeks ago, violence hit the blockaded Dhale killing and injuring more than a dozen people and destroying many homes.
The government blamed outlaws and separatists for the violence. But local sources said the city came under missile attacks from various directions by military camps around it.
The violence comes as the south can't calm down amid an increasing wave of protest and rioting in the south with the people demanding resolving standing issues including injustices and sometimes seeking separation of the south.
Months ago, the government imposed a security cordon around the city in search for terrorists and outlaws.
Many protests and sit-inns have been staged to protest what the people said is militarizing the civil life in the city, one of the southern cities worst hit by rioting.