EMPTY STOMACH MOVEMENT
Filmmaker and activist Mi Hoa Lee is going to issue a call to action claim to civil society, governments and organizations to stop the inflicted famine in Gaza.
"Soy Mi hoa Lee, ciudadana de Barcelona, catalana, española. Me dedico a la creación y producción
audiovisual y también soy actriz. Este es el manifiesto de la acción “EMPTY STOMACH MOVEMENT: BARCELONA” protesta pacífica que está convocada para e1 próximo 1 de agosto de 2025 en la Plaça Catalunya de BARCELONA y que dará paso al inicio de la huelga de hambre abierta y pública de una servidora, MI HOA LEE."
"I am Mi hoa Lee, a citizen of Barcelona, Catalan, Spanish. I work in audiovisual creation and production
and I am also an actress. This is the manifesto for the ‘EMPTY STOMACH MOVEMENT: BARCELONA’ peaceful protest, which is scheduled to take place on 1 August 2025 in Plaça Catalunya in BARCELONA and will mark the start of an open and public hunger strike by myself, MI HOA LEE."
International humanitarian law prohibits the use of hunger as a weapon of war. On 29 July 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system warned that phase 5 (catastrophic) had already been reached in Gaza. We must demand that Israel be stopped on all possible fronts.
A collective call for an urgent peaceful gathering will take place on 1 August, in Barcelona, Pl- Catalunya.
This action is in response to the call from a group of journalists and healthcare workers in the Gaza Strip and their extreme protest, the ‘Empty Stomach Movement,’ led by Mahmoud Basal and Wadih Abou Saoud, who are now on their TWELFTH day of an open-ended hunger strike "until every child in Gaza has access to food".
The activists of the Freedom Flotilla who remain in prison (hostages) also begana hunger strike after being captured on Saturday, 26 July, when they were trying to break the siege in Gaza by bringing a shipment of food by sea on the ship HANDALA. This is a radical emergency measure for those of us who are not giving up but certainly cannot find any other alternative.
To support the action, sign the manifesto, download documents and follow the latest news, we invite you to visit the website www.emptystomachmovementbcn.com
You can follow the movement on Social Media (@mihoalee) and also use the hashtags: EmptyStomachMovementBcn / #plaçaPalestinaBcn. Using the hashtags is important to see the impact of the action. Thank you.