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November 29, 2011

Yemen: Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters Demand President Face Charges 
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Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are demonstrating across the country
today to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh face trial for charges
ranging from corruption to deadly crackdowns on protests. Last week,
Saleh signed a deal in Saudi Arabia in which he agreed to step down in
return for immunity from prosecution for himself and his family. Mass
protests have taken place since Saleh returned to Yemen Saturday night.
On Monday, Yemeni Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkul Karman traveled to The
Hague to ask the International Criminal Court to investigate Saleh.

Tawakkul Karman, Nobel Prize winner 2011: "I promised the people in
Yemen, the youth, the whole people in Yemen, women, children, I told
them after they announced that I win Nobel Peace Prize, the first job
that I will do is taking the file of criminal Ali Saleh to the ICC. I am
here to tell ICC they have to try Ali Saleh and his regime when they
killed people."



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