Who sparked
the uprising against Houthi Militia in Yemen?
Mohammed Saeed Al-Sharabi:
Yemenis uprising against Houthi Militias continues in a
confident pace, defeating the might of the rifles, to drop the coup. Bearing this revolutionary vigor, students’
determination proves its capability to halt the Militia madness and restore the
State from the grip of Houthis group.
More than four months after the beginning of the uprising
against Houthi militias, imperative questions have emerged: (Who Lit the
peaceful uprising against Houthis?), (How did they manage to break barriers of
fear? ), and (where are they now, after the expansion of the uprising?).
To answer the questions about the beginnings of the
uprising against the militias, and its fiery tracks amidst the madness of an
armed group seized control of the State and try to subdue the others , by force
of arms, who committed unspeakable crimes, that can be described as (fascism)
against peaceful demonstrators.
History will record a fact that: Under the national and
international silence, the Youth peaceful uprising spark started from Al-Zubairi
street, Hayel street and the University neighborhood in Capital Sana’a. This
uprising became a serious concern, particularly after the militias’ failure to
bury the Youth peaceful uprising violently by killing and treacherous
kidnapping of Youth.
One week after Sana’a downfall in the Militias’ hands
(Black September), the youth activists’ demonstrations of (For Peaceful
Homeland) campaign broke the barrier of fear among Yemenis from the
consequences of the peaceful demonstrations against the armed militia who still
in deep fantasy after their easy victories during the armed coup against the
State.
Who are
(For Peaceful Homeland ) campaign?:
(For
Peaceful Homeland) Campaign is a youth students movement that paved the way
for Yemenis uprising against Houthi Militias on September 28, 2014 – one
week following the Militia invasion of Sana’a on September 21, 2014 -.
With strong determination and self-support, (For Peaceful
Homeland) campaign’s activists worked on maintainin the continuation of the peaceful
uprising against Houthi militias until the coup is dropped down , and Yemeni
state is restored.
Establishing
(For Peaceful Homeland) Campaign:
The campaign was founded after convening several meetings
by February11 youth activists, following the fall of Sana’a into Houthis hands.
These activists agreed on the campaign’s name and the announcement of the first
demonstration against the armed Militia and calling for their withdrawal from
Sanaa’s streets and its neighborhoods on September 28, 2014.
It is a notable accomplishment that (For Peaceful
Homeland) campaign took the lead and launched the uprising against Houthi
Militia. Moreover, it reinforced the public confidence to fight peacefully
against the presence of the armed groups by rising up the slogan (No To Militia
… No To Terrorism). The public responded positively to the call for the
campaign’s peaceful demonstration in Capital Sana’a, before the uprising
expansion to the rest of the governorates.
On September 28, 2014, (For Peaceful Homeland) campaign
called for the first peaceful demonstration demanding the withdrawal of all
Houthis armed groups from Sana’a streets and its neighborhoods. The peaceful
demonstrators condemned the Militias’ violations against the citizens and
demanded the return of all loot from the public and private institutions.
The demonstrators of the peaceful march, which set off
form Hayel Street and Al-Zubairy Street Junction in Sana’a city center,
condemned the practices of Houthis groups and chanted “O Houthis .. Listen up:
Yemeni people will not kneel” “ From
Sana’a to Amran .. No Houthis from now on” “From schools, remove all Barricades”
The first peaceful demonstration’s statement of (For
Peaceful Homeland) campaign included three demands: the withdrawal of the
Militia from Sana’a; the return of all the security services to their duties in
restoring and maintaining security and order; and reforming all the war damages.
Peaceful
Homeland Campaign Broke the Fear Barrier:
The first campaign’s demonstration managed to break the
fear barrier from the consequences of demonstrating against the Militia. The
number of the participants in the second demonstration, on September 30, 2014,
doubled up. This demonstration denounced all the various retaliatory attacks against
all the Militias’ opponents.
Amidst the national chants, the second demonstration
marched from Al-Zubairy Street, starting from the building of Ministry of Youth
and Sports to the end of Hayel Street. The peaceful demonstrators demanded the
withdrawal of Houthis Militias from Sana’a and the imposition of State
Sovereignty. Moreover, they condemned the national and international silence
regarding Sana’a downfall in the hands of a sectarian militia.
The activists of (For Peaceful Homeland) campaign managed
to reach out Yemeni people’s message of their right to have a peaceful life
against violence and terrorism by holding up signs “ Houthis and Al-Qaida are
two sides of one coin” “Violence and terrorism are two sides of one coin”
(For Peaceful Homeland) Campaign Announced the Launch of University
Students Uprising:
On October 25,2014, and after announcing the peaceful
demonstration’s statement, the campaign declared the launch of the university
students demonstrations against the presence of the armed Militia in Sana’a
University campus.
Based on this announcement, the first students
demonstration set off from the university campus on October 29, 2014. The
demonstration demanded the Houthis groups withdrawal from the university
campus, and conducting the elections for Students Union. Following that they
convened a press conference.
On that day, Houthis group announced the establishment of
the so-called “Students’ Revolutionary Committees” and replacing the Militias
by a force from a security company to safeguard the biggest educational
institution in Yemen, as a response to the demonstrators’ demand.
On the other hand, Sana’a
University Students considered the Militias’ announcement another detour on
their legitimate demands. They confirmed the continuity of their peaceful
demonstrations by rising a sarcastic slogan “ Do not Fool Me , Took off Thawb (Men’s cloth) and put on
military suit”.
The acceleration of events pushed the activists of (For
Peaceful Homeland) campaign and the university students to get out in one
demonstration demanding the withdrawal of the Militia from Sana’a and other
cities.
Fearing from the peaceful demonstrations breadth, the
Militia increased the violence against the peaceful demonstrators and the
journalists through suppressing and kidnapping them. Eventually, the Militia
declared its dangerous step: the coup to the State on January 21,2015.
(For Peaceful Homeland) Campaign Continued to Refuse the Coup:
Following the storming of the House of Presidency by the
Militia, (For Peaceful Homeland) Campaign’s activists participated in the
public peaceful demonstrations against the Houthis’ coup. Furthermore, they
participated in organizing other demonstrations with (No To Coup) Movement and
with all the active revolutionary movements.
In spite of all suppression practiced by the Houthis
Militias against the demonstrators and hunting the activists by abducting tens
of youth, (For Peaceful Homeland) and (No To Coup) activists, in cooperation
with the rest of the revolutionary movements in Sana’a and other cities, worked
on sustaining the uprising against the Houthi coup, supporting the legitimacy
of State, and condemning the crimes committed against the demonstrators such as
abduction and torturing them to death.
One of the recent activities of (For Peaceful Homeland)
campaign was the launch of the Electronic campaign in three different
languages, and organizing peaceful demonstrations during the last few days,
hand in hand with (No To Coup) Movement, demanding the end of the house arrest
imposed by the Militias against Khalid Bahah, the Government President, and
other opponent governmental officials in Sana’a.
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