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Yemeni Dictator Lands in UK en Route to US, While Yemenis Rally Demanding his Trial Yemeni dictator lands in UK en route to US Press TV, Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:19PM GMT Yemeni dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh's plane has landed in
Britain for refueling on its way to the United States, where the brutal
dictator is due to receive medical treatment. Yemenis rally to demand Saleh's trial SANAA, Jan. 27, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of protesters staged rallies across Yemen on Friday to demand the prosecution of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh for "ordering crackdown on the one-year-long anti-government protests." The protesters in the capital Sanaa, and other major provinces including Taiz, Aden, Hadramout, Shabwa, Hajja and al-Hodayda, dubbed the day "Friday of Victory," referring to a power transfer deal that forced Saleh to deliver power to his deputy. After the Friday prayers, the demonstrators chanted slogans denouncing a law that was approved last week to grant Saleh immunity from prosecution. They also repeated their demand that the 33-year-ruler be put on trial over killing thousands of protesters last year, according to the witnesses. "Our protests will continue until Saleh is tried," shouted the protesters in Sanaa. Saleh left for Oman on Sunday, one day after the Yemeni parliament passed a law that grants him full immunity and protects his aides from political motivated charges as part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initiative signed by Saleh and the opposition in Saudi Arabia on Nov. 23, 2011. He will travel to the United States to treat his injury caused in a bomb attack on his presidential compound in June, 2011. Under the GCC deal, which put an end to the one-year-long protests demanding Saleh's resignation, the parliament unanimously nominated Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi as the sole presidential candidate for the elections scheduled on Feb. 21. In a farewell speech on Sunday, the outgoing president said he would return to Sanaa for Hadi's inauguration. Editor: yan
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