Yemeni Opposition Protesters Call for International Support
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Tens of thousands of Yemeni anti-government protesters appeal to the international community to help them win freedom. Tensions are running high in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country, as U.N. mediation attempts fail.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets again on Tuesday afternoon to draw attention to their demands ahead of an expected briefing by the United Nations' envoy to Yemen before the security council.
[Mohamed al Sabri, Protester]:
"We want to tell the world, and Ban Ki-moon (Secretary-General of the United Nations) and Obama, Sarkozy, and all the leaders of the world, we want freedom, do you want freedom for the people of Yemen, stood with us."
[Fatema Mohamed, Protester]:
"We took to street, to deliver the message to the UN Security Council, we do not want statements, Yemeni blood shedding, and we're still months in the fields, steadfast like mountains, but we don't get any (support) from the United Nations and human rights."
The opposition cast doubt on any future dialogue with the government, which it blamed for the apparent failure of mediation attempts by U.N. envoy Jamal Benomar, who left Yemen empty-handed on Monday.
Benomar spent two weeks in Yemen trying to broker a deal but left without announcing a breakthrough after days of mediating between the government and the opposition.
Violence has been sporadic since Saleh's surprise return to Yemen from Saudi Arabia 10 days ago.
The upheaval is fanning international fears that weakening government control may help al Qaeda's local wing expand its foothold in Yemen.