Hadramout Governor condemns repression & deterioration of services in Mukalla & coastal cities
The local authority in Hadramout province strongly condemned the severe deterioration of basic services and systematic repression against citizens, journalists, and peaceful protesters in the city of Mukalla and other occupied coastal cities of Hadramout.
Hadramout Governor Luqman Baras, in a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), affirmed the support of the governorate's leadership and local authority for the popular uprising that has taken to the streets and neighborhoods of Mukalla against the Saudi-Emirati occupation forces and their mercenaries.
He noted that the local authority is closely following the ongoing popular uprising in Mukalla, where citizens have been demonstrating since Sunday morning in massive protests denouncing the collapse of services, complete power outages, and the worsening living and economic crises caused by the Saudi-Emirati occupation and its proxies.
Governor Baras held the aggression and occupation forces fully responsible for the catastrophic decline in services, security chaos, and the arrests of several journalists and activists in a desperate attempt to silence dissent.
He called on the people of the southern , eastern governorates to unite , stand together to expel the Saudi-Emirati occupation and support the people of Hadramout in their demands for improved services , better economic and living conditions.
The governor reiterated the necessity of ending the occupation, withdrawing all foreign forces , their proxies, stopping the systematic corruption , tampering with the governorate's resources, security, and stability.
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