Yemen Starts Probe On Brutality During Anti-Gov’t Protest Last Year

A Yemeni walks past pictures of protesters allegedly killed during the 2011 uprising against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, at the Change Square in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 23, 2012. Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday issued a decree to investigate alleged human rights violations that occurred during protests last year against his ousted predecessor, the state Saba news agency said. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>

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