在也门当局持续血腥镇压示威活动之际，数以万计的民众在也门南部城市泰兹涌上街头，人们呼吁总统萨利赫下台。星期三，抗议者高呼口号在泰兹市中心集会。自上星期五以来，反政府活动人士一直在举行示威。也门全国各地都有跟抗议有关的暴力事件发生。
自今年早些时候开始发生冲突以来，已经有120多人死亡。几个西方国家和组织谴责暴力，呼吁政治解决也门危机。欧洲联盟的外交政策负责人阿什顿星期二发表声明，说必须毫不延迟的开始也门的政治过渡。美国响应了这一呼吁。
星期二，也门总统萨利赫接受了海湾合作委员会六国成员的邀请，在沙特阿拉伯与希望他下台的反对派代表举行会谈。
Tens of thousands of Yemeni protesters have flooded the streets of the southern city of Taiz, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down amid a continuing bloody crackdown on demonstrators.Chanting protesters rallied in the city’s center Wednesday, where anti-government activists have staged demonstrations since February. Protest-related violence across Yemen has killed more than 120 people since the backlash began earlier this year.
Several Western nations and groups have condemned the violence and called for a political solution. The European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton issued a statement Tuesday saying Yemen’s political transition “must begin without delay.” The U.S. echoed that call.
On Tuesday, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh accepted an invitation from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council to hold talks in Saudi Arabia with opposition representatives.