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  Written By:   ( YEMEN POST STAFF ) 
  Article Date: July 21,2008 

 

 

3

The number of governmental soldiers killed in Harf Sufian last week. Four were also injured in  the attack, among them the head of security operations and his assistant.  The attacks come after the government announced that clashes there have come to an end.

2

The number of women who died in Hodieda due to the intensive rain falls at Moreer Valley. The two women drowned in the water that reached over two meters high. Another two children were injured in the rainfalls, but their health situation was not serious. 

21

Teachers who were taken into custody in Aden among them the Head of Aden teachers syndicate after they were getting ready to protest for not receiving their rights from the government. Governmental forces surrounded the syndicate in Aden and did not allow any strong presence of teachers in the area.

311

Total of Southern citizens who were imprisoned during the July 7 demonstrations in Aden according to human rights orginizations. A large number of them were released the same week, while over three dozen are still behind bars without a court hearing.

3

Number of people killed in Al-Zahir District when Houthis planted a roadside bomb in the path of the general secretary for the local councils in Al-Zahir. The general secretary was killed along with two of his guards.  

Nearly 5000

The number of people who attended the Virtue Meeting headed by Sheikh Abdul Majid Al-Zindani. The meeting was attended by a large number of religious and tribal figures as well as politicians. Zindani has been trying to launch the Promotion of Virtue Authority for the last three months. However, he received wide criticism by leftist in Yemen.

  

 
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