Amid strict measures...a popular demonstration in Aden demanding the disclosure of the fate of Officer Ali Ashal

Hundreds of citizens gathered, Tuesday evening, in the parade square in Khor Maksar District, in the temporary capital, Aden. To demand the disclosure of the fate of the disappeared Lieutenant Colonel “Ali Ashal”, amid strict security measures, preventing demonstrators and obstructing their arrival.

Local sources told "Yemen Shabab Net" that the demonstrators raised slogans and chanted slogans demanding government agencies and security agencies to reveal the fate of the disappeared "Ali Ashal", arrest his kidnappers and hold them accountable.

The demonstrators vowed to hold a large demonstration at a later time, the date of which has not been set.

According to the sources, the demonstration was held amid heavy security deployment, and careful inspection by Transitional Council forces at the entrances to the parade square.

She pointed out that delegations coming from outside the city were prevented and searched at Al-Alam Point, the gateway between Aden and Abyan, and the points spread at the entrances to Aden.

She noted that a number of demonstrators withdrew from participating as a result of the actions of the Transitional Council forces, in addition to the division that occurred between the sheikhs of Abyan, who announced the postponement of the demonstration, and the preparatory committee and the Ashal family, which insisted that the event be held on its specified date.

After circulating stories about the postponement of the demonstration, the Al-Jaadna tribe and the Ashal family decided to hold the demonstration on its scheduled date on the evening of Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in the parade square in the Khor Maksar district, to demand the disclosure of the fate of Lieutenant Colonel “Ali Ashal Al-Jaadani,” who was kidnapped by gunmen on June 12 last year. In the technical city in the temporary capital, Aden.