Yemeni American activists are launching a hunger strike to demand an end to Yemen's 6-year civil war: 'They're no longer on the brink of it, they are in famine.'

Published Apr 07 2021 at 1:21 AM GMT

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Iman Saleh is on her ninth day of a hunger strike to demand the end of a US-backed Saudi fuel blockade and a six-year war that has caused millions of people to suffer.
Saleh, 26, is one of six Yemeni-American activists, part of the grassroots Yemeni Liberation Movement, who have gone on a hunger strike in Washington, DC, and Michigan.
She said the effort comes after years of protests and calling and sending letters to representatives about concerns over the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which she sa.