News - Yemen: The Gulf of Aden Fisheries Authority has strongly condemned violations and provocative actions by Emirati occupation forces against fishermen in the Shahir area on Hadhramout's coast.

In a statement issued Saturday, the authority revealed reports of Emirati warships stationed off Hadhramout's coast near Shahir, coupled with the deployment of armed militias to restrict fishermen's freedom.

The authority highlighted that Emirati forces based at Al-Rayyan Airport summoned local collaborators to intimidate fishermen who ventured into the sea, challenging restrictions imposed by the Saudi-Emirati coalition. This coalition enforces an arbitrary ban on Yemeni fishermen operating within the country’s territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.

The authority rejected all measures aimed at restricting the rights of Yemeni fishermen, asserting that such actions violate both national and international laws. It demanded the immediate lifting of these restrictions and an end to violations, calling for fishermen to be allowed to pursue their livelihoods safely and without threats.

In 2015, Saudi and Emirati forces entered the city of Aden from Bir Ali, citing the need to repel the "Ansarullah" intervention and "secure international navigation". It didn't take long after the arrival of these forces for the new British-style experiment to take shape.

This comes amid escalating anger and popular discontent among citizens in the occupied southern and eastern provinces due to the collapse of the electricity system in many of these provinces. The pro-aggression government has failed to provide the necessary fuel to operate power plants and save citizens from the intense summer heat.

The Saudi-Emirati ambition in Yemen faced a southern awakening, which began on the island of Socotra when thousands protested against turning the island into a dependency of Abu Dhabi. Then came the uprising of the people of Al-Mahra in July, demanding sovereignty over the province and rejecting foreign control over the city. The protests expanded to reach the city of Aden, where the UAE has deployed over thirty thousand local military personnel loyal to them.

Hundreds took to the streets demanding the departure of the "coalition" forces from the south, a situation that analysts have compared to the protests in the 1960s against British presence, which laid the foundation for armed struggle in the south.

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