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On February 20, Al Jazeera reported that security forces used live fire against demonstrators in Sanaa. Clashes between protesters and government troops were reported, both sides firing weapons outside Sanaa University.
Thousands also staged sit-ins in Ibb and Taiz, demanding President Saleh step down after 32 years in power. In Aden, security was tightened with tanks and armored vehicles on city streets.
Correspondent Hashem Ahelbarra said Saleh told pro-democracy protesters there's "no way he can allow them to bring about change by taking to the streets. The government has also been saying, over the last few days, that calls for independence in the South won't be tolerated."
Protests in Algeria
Algerian protests also continue despite mobilized state violence against it. Nonetheless, unemployed workers, university students and others remain united for change, including jobs, a living wage, and basic rights denied. Representing Algeria's League for Human Rights (LADDH), Ali Yahia Abdennon said:
"yesterday the police (brutally beat) many protesters, amongst them pregnant women, old ladies, a journalist, young men and women, (so) we (must) carry on protesting until we get our rights."
As a result, struggles continue throughout the country - sporadically in Algiers, as well as ongoing in the Annaba wilaya region, oil-producing area Hassi-Messaoud, and several universities, including Universite Mohamed Boudiaf in M'sila.
Algeria's National Liberation Front (FLN) addressed an open letter to "Brother Abdelaziz Bouteflika, saying:
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