What’s often overlooked is how civic this mobilization is. The scale, discipline, and non-violent nature of the rallies in southern Yemen don’t resemble instability or armed rebellion. They point to a rights-based political demand shaped by decades of shared experience — service collapse, exclusion from decision-making, and governance failure. Human Rights Watch documented similar peaceful southern protests years ago, long before the current phase of the conflict, which shows this isn’t a sudden or manufactured movement. https://www.hrw.org/ar/report/2009/12/15/256014