A new report from Amnesty International has found that key global companies who have lucrative Australian government contracts also supply arms to the Saudi Arabia/UAE led coalition responsible for likely war crimes in the conflict in Yemen. All of the companies examined in the report, Outsourcing Responsibility, have or have recently had multi-million dollar contracts …
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Yemen/Australia: US-made bomb kills and maims children in deadly strike on residential homes
There must be an embargo on the export of all weapons, munitions, military equipment and technology that can be used in the Yemen conflict The Australian Government must not be complicit in human rights violations in Yemen and must immediately implement an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia. An independent, impartial inquiry into all reported violations …
UK: Court ruling over arms sales to Saudi Arabia a ‘deadly blow’ to Yemeni civilians
A UK court ruling that the government is entitled to continue authorising arms supplies to Saudi Arabia is a potentially deadly setback to Yemeni civilians, Amnesty International said. The High Court in London dismissed a legal challenge from the NGO Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), which claimed that such arms transfers should not take place because of …