Hunger Strikers At UN Headquarters Call For End To Yemen War
Yemenis present documents in order to receive food rations provided by a local charity, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April, 13, 2017. A Saudi-led coalition launched a campaign in support of Yemen’s internationally recognized government in March 2015. The war has pushed the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of famine. (AP/Hani Mohammed)
Peace activists are holding a week-long vigil and hunger strike at United Nations headquarters in New York City to demand an end to the U.S.-backed, Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen and humanitarian aid for the country’s starving population.
