19 March 2011 - 20:30

The Yemeni human rights minister has stepped down to join other top officials resigning to protest the regime's brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Huda al-Baan announced her resignation on Sunday from the government and the ruling party after 52 demonstrators were killed on Friday in an attack by Yemeni security forces and loyalists to despotic ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The move came after 27 parliamentarians and 47 members of President Saleh's ruling General People Congress Party have already stepped down, joining the protesters' camp.

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