Thousands of Yemenis Rally to Condemn Egypt Crackdown

Thousands of Yemenis protest on Thursday in Sanaa in support of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's supporters.

Published

11 months ago

Categories

World

Topics

Middle East & North Africa, Free Speech, Politics & Government

People

Mohamed Morsi

Places

Yemen, Egypt, Cairo, Sanaa

Transcript

SHOTLIST SANAA, YEMEN. AUGUST 15, 2013. SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1, Tawakkol Karman (woman) Nobel Prize winner (arabic, 21 sec): "The Egyptian army committed humanitarian crimes against the peaceful protesters in Cairo's squares. The Egyptian army has lost its military honor. I call on all the people of the world to support the revolutionaries in Rabaa square and al-Nahda and all Egyptian squares." SOUNDBITE 2, Asa'ad Hantos, Yemeni Cleric (man) (arabic, 18 sec): "I call on all brothers in Egypt to take to the streets and all nations will support them because we all want freedom. The Arab spring went off to free human kind from dictatorship and injustice." -VAR of thousands of Yemeni protesters gathering and holding up posters of ousted Egyptian president in Tahrir Square -MS of Tawakkol Karman, Nobel prize winner, during the protest -VAR of men and women protesters marching through the streets of Sanaa /// ------------------------------------------------------ NO AFP TEXT STORY