Photo: Surkh Gul’s daughter needs clean water (Dr. Hakim) November 14, 2017 “My family’s water well has dried up,” 18-year-old Surkh Gul said. “Ours too,” echoed 13-year-old Inaam. A distressed Surkh Gul lamented, “We haveContinue reading
Category: Migration & Refugees
PRESS ADVISORY:
On Tuesday, May 9th, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. members of Voices in the Wilderness and World Beyond War will engage passers-by outside the Kluczynski Federal Building (230 S. Dearborn) in a “penny poll”Continue reading
Yemen Crisis Updates
As Saudis Threaten Port, Yemen Famine Leaves Refugee Chief “Shocked to the Bones” The Guardian reports in “Yemen hunger crisis leaves refugee chief ‘shocked to the bones’” that “One of Europe’s most experienced diplomats has said heContinue reading
In Yemen, Shocked to His Bones
May 5, 2017 The ruins carpeted the city market, rippling outwards in waves of destruction. Broken beams, collapsed roofs, exploded metal shutters and fossilized merchandise crumbled underfoot. In one of the burnt-out shells of theContinue reading
Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Drones, Middle East, Migration & Refugees, Nonviolent Resistance Actions
Democracy Now! Latest from Yemen Fast and Afghanistan from Interviews with Kathy Kelly
Democracy Now! interviews Kathy Kelly on Yemen and Afghanistan. To hear her interviews please click Yemen and Afghanistan. Below are interviews and footage of the fast at the Isaiah Wall in NYC last week. Continue reading
DAY THREE UPDATE OF DC SOLIDARITY ACTIONS
Death in Yemen – Made in the USA! Stop the Saudi / U.S. Assault on Yemen! DAY THREE OF DC SOLIDARITY ACTIONS April 12, 2017 Today people in DC held a protest in front ofContinue reading
Fast For Yemen Vigil Update
New York Report back: Day 3 of the Fast For Yemen Vigil begins again at the Isaiah Wall across from the United Nations today. “UNICEF estimates that more than 460,000 children in Yemen face severeContinue reading
Bipartisan Effort: 55 U.S. Representatives Call on Trump to Come to Congress Before Taking Military Action in Yemen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2017 Contact: Courtney Neale (Pocan) 202-225-2906 Bipartisan Effort: 55 U.S. Representatives Call on Trump to Come to Congress Before Taking Military Action in Yemen In light of the President’s willingness to engageContinue reading
Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Drones, Middle East, Migration & Refugees, Nonviolent Resistance Actions
Angry, Desperate, Rejected
April 6, 2017 Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his boldest and perhaps most defining speech. It alienated liberal allies in the North and the Northern press, plus many in King’s own civilContinue reading