Thousands gathered today in the city of Taiz, located in central Yemen, to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the February 11 Revolution. The mass rally witnessed the participation of numerous citizens and civil organizations.

 

The rally reaffirmed the goals of the February Revolution and the popular resistance, demanding an end to the coup, addressing the current situation, and implementing the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference.

 

A statement issued by the Popular Resistance Council described the February Revolution as the purest, most magnificent, and most peaceful and just of all revolutions. The Council also emphasized the role of the National Dialogue Conference and its outcomes, which it described as a comprehensive solution to all Yemeni problems, ensuring the establishment of a strong, democratic Yemeni state free from the remnants of domination, guardianship, and the constraints of backwardness and reactionary forces.

 

The statement urged Yemenis to reject any inclination toward surrender and to steadfastly avoid succumbing to despair. It called on the government to take decisive action to restore state control, impose authority over all Yemeni territory, alleviate the suffering of the people, revitalize the economy, and resume oil and gas exports.

 

The statement also addressed the actions of the Houthi group, asserting that their crimes will remain etched in the memory of Yemen and its people and will not be forgotten with time, warning them of impending accountability.

 

In addition, the statement called on regional and international countries to reassess their evaluations and interpretations of the situation in Yemen, emphasizing that Yemenis will not accept any fascist group ruling them. It stated that the root of the ongoing crisis in Yemen lies in the coup carried out by the Houthis.

 

The city of Taiz, along with other cities, hosted events commemorating the 14th anniversary of the February 11 Revolution, which began in 2011. Mass crowds filled public squares across Yemen, denouncing the rule of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose ousting marked the beginning of a new era.

 

Activists reignited the flame of the revolution in Taiz and Marib, renewing their commitment to the values of the revolution and the achievement of its goals.

 

 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman addressed Yemenis on the eve of the revolution’s anniversary, stating that counter-revolutionary forces have invested in chaos and exploited it to rebuild their influence. She noted that campaigns against the February Revolution and its forces are attempts to justify the clerical coup and exonerate suspicious regional roles.

 

 

Karman analyzed the current state of the revolution and addressed its adversaries, pointing out that the Saudi-Emirati-led Arab coalition has deepened the fragmentation of legitimate forces, controlling and using them against the aspirations of the Yemeni people.

 

 

She emphasized that the Yemeni people stand alone and unarmed in the face of the tyranny of the Imamate and its policies aimed at humiliating and impoverishing them. Karman affirmed that the Yemeni people will not submit to the Imamate nor accept the dismemberment of Yemen by foreign powers. She stated that those ruling Yemen today are no less harmful than the Houthi authority and have become tools of foreign powers, as the legitimacy, in all its components, has been mortgaged to external forces and has abandoned its responsibilities toward its people.