March 26th marks seven years since the Saudi-led coalition started their brutal assault on Yemen. In that time, thousands of Yemeni civilians have been killed by Saudi bombs. The UN estimates that 377,000 war related deaths will have occurred by the end of 2021, including 12,000 civilians in directly targeted attacks. The war in Yemen has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
Join us at 12pm on Saturday March 26th outside Downing Street to stand in solidarity with the people of Yemen and commemorate all the lives unnecessarily lost in this brutal war. Bring candles as we will light them as we hold the people of Yemen in our thoughts.
We will also hear from Sayed AlWadaei (Director of Advocacy at the Bahrain Institute of Rights and Democracy) and Andrew Feinstein (Founding Director of Shadow World Investigations) as well playing a poem from Amina Atiq (a Yemeni-Scouse poet , performance artist and activist).