Local Editor
On the same day that six activists will be arraigned in Superior Court in Washington for a Jan. 11 sit-in at the office of Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) in protest of U.S. involvement with Saudi Arabia, activists also planned an action on the White House lawn the afternoon of March 19.
According to an email from Janice Sevre-Duszynska, an event participant and one of those arrested Jan. 11, participants will lay 5,000 flowers on the White House lawn in memory of Yemeni children killed or injured as a result of U.S.-supported Saudi war on Yemen.
The event, hosted by grassroots Muslim group MPower Change, is in support of a bipartisan resolution Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) introduced which invokes the War Powers Act to stop U.S. participation in the war without Congressional authorization. A vote on the resolution was expected March 20.
A protest of President Donald Trump's March 20 meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is also planned for that morning. The protest, hosted by CODEPINK: Women for Peace, will take place in front of the White House. Activists planned to call for a halt to weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and other cooperation in the war on Yemen.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
