Yemen's largest opposition bloc calls for protests (in support of anti-government demonstrators)

[Turborama]

Source: CNN International

From Mohammed Jamjoom, CNN
February 27, 2011 11:32 a.m. EST

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- The largest opposition bloc Yemen will hold protest rallies on Tuesday, the group announced Sunday.

Leaders of Yemen's Joint Meeting Parties are calling on the group's followers to protest in support of anti-government demonstrators throughout the country. Those protesters, inflamed by the violent crackdown on protesters in Aden on Friday, are calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh's resignation.

This is the first time that the opposition has called on its supporters to take to the streets since February 3, which had been branded a day of rage, a common term for the mass protests that have spread across the Middle East and parts of Africa.

Thousands of people continued to protest outside Sanaa University on Sunday, insisting on Saleh's resignation. Representatives said the youth-dominated sit-in will remain until their demands are met.

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