Mukalla: 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.
According to Yemen News Agency, Hadramout Governor Luqman Baras, in a statement, 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 and eastern governorates to unite and 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 and their proxies, and stopping the systematic corruption and tampering with the governorate's resources, security, and stability.