‘Fifty dead’ in Yemen’s Taiz city

Hundreds of people have been killed, wounded or arrested in months of demonstrations

More than 50 people have been killed in demonstrations in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz since Sunday, the UN says.

Reports, which “remain to be fully verified”, also suggested hundreds had been injured in the city, the UN human rights office said.

Meanwhile, fresh fighting has broken out in Sanaa between tribesmen and forces of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, ending a truce agreed last week.

Mr Saleh refuses to step down despite months of protests against his rule.

Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has urged all parties to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, saying that the “bloodshed must stop”.

“Such reprehensible acts of violence and indiscriminate attacks on unarmed civilians by armed security officers must stop immediately, Ms Pillay said.

“Further violence will only yield more insecurity and move the country further away from a resolution to this political crisis,” she added.

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