PROTESTS AT THE SAUDI CONSULATE AND SEVERAL MISSIONS TO THE UN BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 6, CALLING FOR AN END TO WAR IN YEMEN AND DRAMATIC MEASURES TO AVOID FAMINE; PROTESTERS WILLING TO RISK ARREST FOLLOWINGContinue reading
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Thompkins Square vigil, NYC – Yemen Children on the School Bus
Here is video from the weekly Thompkins Square Park vigil which Felton Davis and other friends from New York’s “Catholic Worker” and others have been conducting to commemorate the victims of the August 9th schoolContinue reading
34 Backpacks – an ongoing commemoration of Yemeni children killed on August 9
Felton Davis, who coordinates a weekly vigil in NYC calling for an end to the U.S. war against Yemen, sent us a letter written by Yemen’s Minister of Education which names the students and teachersContinue reading
Press Release – Yemen Protests in Chicago Aug 30-31
Chicago Group Protests Saudi Bombing of a School Bus in Yemen; 44 Children Killed, Scores Wounded A group of Chicago area activists will gather in the Federal Building plaza, 230 S. Dearborn St., on AugustContinue reading
U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen – Kathy Kelly
August 10, 2018 On August 9, a U.S.-supported Saudi airstrike bombed a bus carrying schoolchildren in Sa’ada, a city in northern Yemen. The New York Times reported that the students were on a recreational trip.Continue reading
God Only Knows – Kathy Kelly
Above: Witness Against Torture activists protest at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates on January 9, 2018. Credit: Witness Against Torture July 24, 2018 “If they would just confirm to us that my brotherContinue reading
A Courtroom Appeal for Yemen
Sentencing Statements by Kathy Kelly and Richard Ochs, 5/29/18 In a Washington, D.C. courtroom this past Tuesday, Voices’ Kathy Kelly and her fellow activist Richard Ochs accepted guilty pleas for their part in a JanuaryContinue reading
Scourging Yemen
by Kathy Kelly May 21, 2018 On May 10, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia informed the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Saudi Air Defenses intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launchedContinue reading
Don’t Believe the Media Hype about Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
We’re quite honored to pass on this timely article by our friend Medea Benjamin. Saudi Arabia’s 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, heir to the Saudi throne after eliminating his rivals, is on a two-weekContinue reading
Time is Not on Yemen’s Side – Kathy Kelly – Video with transcript
Kathy Kelly, on Feb 15 2018, addresses NY’s “Stony Point Center” outlining the history of peaceful resistance and U.S.-engineered catastrophe in Yemen. She has not as yet had opportunity to review the attached rough transcript.Continue reading