Saudi Arabia's illegal intervention in Yemen's civil conflict has killed
more than 35,000 people less than a year and driven the poorest Arab nation
into a catastrophe. Not long after the Saudi air campaign began the United
Nations called for a halt to bombings on Yemen. The Saudi air strikes mostly
kills innocent civilians, among them many women and children.
protests against war on Yemen |
The European Parliament and many rights groups around the world,
including Amnesty International have called on western governments to impose an
arms embargo on Saudi Arabia for its horrific human rights abuses and war
crimes committed in Yemen.
The campaigners have called on Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Montenegro, Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, Turkey and the United Kingdom to put aside their hypocrisy and implement Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) of which these countries are signatories to the treaty.
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Written by: Ibrahim Nazim
19 Jumaada al-awal 1437
28 February 2016, Sunday
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