"We call on the Security Council to impose sanctions on President Saleh and to refer him to the ICC," said Fued Dahaba, from the opposition Islamist party Al-Islah, leading weekly Muslim prayers near Sanaa`s Change Square.
The Security Council is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss Saleh`s refusal to hand over power under a Gulf plan in return for immunity from prosecution, as increasing violence ramps up the pressure for international action.
The 15-member Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2014 on October 21 condemning attacks on demonstrators by Saleh`s forces and strongly backing a Gulf Cooperation Council plan under which Saleh would end 33 years in power.
Several hundred demonstrators have been killed since anti-government protests started in late January.
Saleh`s forces have killed at least 94 people and wounded 800, mostly in Sanaa and Taez, over the three weeks since the resolution was passed, according to a toll compiled by young anti-regime protesters.
"The solution is now for (Saleh) to be put on trial, not by the signing of the (Gulf) initiative," said Dahaba before a huge crowd gathered for Friday prayers at the square that has become a focal point of protests.
Saleh`s supporters took part in separate prayers at Sabbine Square near the presidential palace. "The people wants Ali Abdullah Saleh ... The people want security," they chanted. (*)
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