Yemeni protesters call for end of blockade on Taiz

Описание: (7 Apr 2022) YEMEN TAIZ HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Taiz, Yemen - 6 April 2022  
1. Protestors marching and chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Taiz rejects the blockade"
2. Protestors marching in street
3. Protestor holding microphone and chanting, UPSOUND ( Arabic): "Envoy (U.N. envoy Hans Grundberg), this is a disgrace"  
4. Protester holding up sign   
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdelbasset al-Mekhlafi, Yemeni protestor:
"We have come out today to denounce the Houthi blockade on the city of Taiz, the blockade that has been besieging the people of the city for more than seven years, (preventing them) from obtaining the simplest services and basic commodities. Today, the U.N. envoy ignores the 4 million people living in this city."
6. Protestors holding banners
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed al-Qudsi, Yemeni protestor:
"Today, we demand that the U.N. envoy lifts the blockade on the city just as he lifted the blockade on Sanaa's airport and the port of Hodeida. Today, we ask the consultants (Riyadh's consultation) to pay attention to this city."
8. Various of Mohamed Abdo, 20-year-old Yemeni who has kidney failure, being prepared for dialysis
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed Abdo, Yemeni who has kidney failure:
"I come from the district of Jabal Habashi  (30 km far from Taiz) and go through bumpy roads. In addition to my kidney failure, I have a disability in the lower extremities and it takes me five to six hours on the road (to reach the hospital)."
10. Abdo reading Quran during dialysis
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed Abdo, Yemeni who has kidney failure:
"I walk at night and reach (the hospital) at night. I heard that the roads and crossings will be opened, so I hope that this will happen soon so that this suffering and exhaustion will be alleviated. If the crossing is opened, I can reach (the hospital) in a quarter of an hour."
12. Abdo reading Quran during dialysis
LEADIN:
Yemeni protesters in the city of Taiz called for an end to the yearslong blockade on their city.
The war in Yemen has spawned the world's worst humanitarian crisis, leaving millions suffering from food and medical shortages.
STORYLINE:
Dozens of Yemenis protested in the southwestern city of Taiz on Wednesday, denouncing what they described as the neglect of the blockade on Taiz.
Marching through the streets of the city, protesters chanted "Taiz rejects the blockade" and held up signs reading "the blockade is deliberately being ignored".
Taiz, which remains partially held by the forces fighting on behalf of the internationally recognized government, has been blockaded by the Houthis for years.
Frustrated protesters such as Abdelbasset al-Mekhlafi feel like Taiz is being "ignored" and want the blockade lifted.
The blockade has cut off Taiz from even "the simplest services and basic commodities," he said.
A truce agreement took effect Saturday evening in a bid to stop the fighting in the war-torn country for two months.
U.N. envoy Hans Grundberg has called for both sides to agree on opening roads around Taiz and other provinces, the ceasefire document said.
The closures in the city are making life extremely difficult for 20-year-old Mohamed Abdo, who has to spend hours on bumpy roads to go to the hospital for kidney dialysis.
Moving from the outskirts of the city to the centre can take hours because travelers have to bypass these road closures.
Abdo, who also has a movement disability, lives in an area west of the city of Taiz.
  
The conflict has in recent years become a regional proxy war.

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