Local Arab activists lead ongoing 11 day hunger strike in protest of blockade on Yemen Posted: Friday 04.09.2021 11:58 am
WASHINGTON, D.C. Metro Detroit Yemeni and other activists have been leading a hunger strike for 11 days in front of the White House, protesting the U.S.-backed Saudi blockade during an ongoing six year war in Yemen. The Yemeni Liberation Movement (YLM) is calling for the Biden-Harris administration to withdraw all material and intelligence support from the Saudi air and sea fuel blockade that is devastating Yemen.
On Tuesday, the Arab American News published an article about the impact of the fuel blockade on Yemen that has severely exacerbated what officials currently call the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Muslim ban end gives some metro-Detroit families hope they will be reunited with loved ones
Metro Detroit families who have been affected by the Trump Administration s Muslim travel ban are reacting to it being lifted by the Biden Administration.
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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (WXYZ) â For many families in metro-Detroit, the first day of Joe Bidenâs presidency was not about politics, it was about family. One of the first actions President Joe Biden took was repealing travel restrictions that critics called the âMuslim Travel Ban.â
When President Trump campaigned for his first term he said, âI am calling for a complete and total ban on Muslims coming into this country.â