Yemen - One year on since the start of mass protests

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3 February 2011 was the day when protests in Yemen transformed into a mass movement. On that day a broad group of mainly students and activists calling itself the Youth of 3 February (since referred to itself as Youth of the Revolution) attracted tens of thousands of people to mass protests in the capital Sana’a.
Protests had begun the previous month after the government announced draft constitutional amendments to allow President Ali Abdullah Saleh, head of state since 1978 – first as President of north Yemen and then of unified Yemen –  to run for Presidential elections for unlimited terms. But they were also fuelled by frustration at corruption, unemployment and repression of freedoms in the country, and partly inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt. (...)

The article:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/yemen-one-year-start-mass-protests-2012-02-02

More about:

http://www.hrw.org/node/105035

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/02/06/no-safe-places-0

http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/cooperazione/2012/02/21/news/yemen_malnutrizione_e_povert_nel_paese_sempre_pi_instabile-30231257/?ref=HREC2-12

http://www.eurasiareview.com/16032012-using-dialogue-to-boost-yemens-economy-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29

Le elezioni:

http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplRubriche/vociglobali/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=286&ID_articolo=503&ID_sezione=654

http://www.medarabnews.com/2012/03/06/yemen-nuovo-presidente-vecchie-crisi/

Intervista a Tawakkul Karman, Nobel per la Pace 2011:

http://d.repubblica.it/argomenti/2012/02/11/news/nobel_tawakkul_karman-827665/

Gli ultimi sviluppi:

http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/cooperazione/2012/04/03/news/yemen_la_primavera_dimenticata_e_gli_aiuti_dell_ambasciata_d_italia-32668297/?ref=HREC2-10

Human Rights in Yemen:
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-yemen

Passato...prossimo:
http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4173:yemen-la-marcia-della-vita-arriva-a-sanaa&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105