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A severely malnourished infant Zahra is changed by her mother (right) in the village of al-Mashradah, Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen, in August 2018
THE US-based Yemeni Liberation Movement is calling for international solidarity as six of its members begin the 11th day of a hunger strike demanding that the Biden administration end all support for the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen.
Six activists from Washington DC stopped eating on March 29 in protest at the blockade, which is now in its fourth month.
They warned that the Saudi-led embargo has prevented all fuel and food from entering Yemen, leading to mass starvation, electricity shortages and deaths.
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports