one-day general strike was called by the workers of Aden April 14 to protest persecution of the local population by British forces and the violation of the sanctity of the mosques by British -troops. The strike was sponsored by the Trade Unions Congress in Aden and was backed by the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions.
Workers employed at the British military base, ‘one of the biggest -in the empire, joined in the demonstration. As a result, the airport was forced to close down and buses and taxis stopped running.
On the same day, political prisoners in Aden began a threeday hunger strike.to protest the use of torture. The hunger strike was. also intended to protest the British ban against Arab lawyers entering Aden to defend the political prisoners, according to the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen.