Yemenis protest Saudi atrocities, UN blacklist decision

Yemeni people have taken to the streets in Sana’a to protest Saudi aggression against their country and the UN's removal of the kingdom from a blacklist of children's rights violators.

The protesters, including activists, gathered on Sunday near the Old City of Sana’a, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on the first anniversary of Saudi airstrikes on the site, a Press TV correspondent reported.

“We strongly denounce the UN and the international community for their silence toward the destruction,” said protester Ali Heidarah. “This is a message from the Old City of Sana’a to the whole world, on the first anniversary of Saudi Arabia’s brutal attack on our history.”

In a separate rally in Sana’a, children gathered outside the UN office to protest the body's recent decision to drop Saudi Arabia from its blacklist of children's rights violators.

Last Monday, the UN removed Saudi Arabia from its annual blacklist, only a week after it announced the blacklisting of the regime for blatantly violating children's rights in Yemen.

The protesters chanted slogans against the kingdom and the United States and accused the UN of being complicit in crimes being committed in Yemen.

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