Yemeni Community Organizes a Protest in New York, Demands the Opening of Sana’a Airport

YemenExtra

M.A.

The Yemeni community is organizing a protest in front of the UN headquarters in New York tomorrow to call for the opening of Sana’a International Airport and saving the lives of thousands of patients.

The spokesman of the General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Dr. Mazen Ghanem, said that the Yemeni community’s organization is a positive step towards pressure to lift the ban on the airport.

He stressed that the closure of Sana’a International Airport is a mass murder of patients and restrictions on the freedom of movement of citizens at home and abroad, as guaranteed by international law. “There is no justification for closing Sana’a airport as flights depart and arrive to and from civilian airports operating in accordance with international standards and procedures,” he said.

Dr. Mazen Ghanem renewed the call for the United Nations and the Security Council to open Sana’a International Airport to civil flights as a popular, humanitarian and civil demand, calling on the communities to continue holding protests until Sana’a Airport is opened.