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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Australia must suspend all military exports to Saudi Arabia over brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi
“The Australian Government’s response so far to Amnesty International’s concerns about arms sales to Saudi Arabia has amounted to blatantly brushing us off” – Amnesty International Australia’s Crisis Campaigns Coordinator Diana Sayed Responding to reports that Germany has suspended all future arms deals with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and ahead of the Defence Department …
Yemen: Attack on Hodeidah threatens civilian lives and life-saving humanitarian aid
Responding to the news that Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition have launched an offensive on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director Lynn Malouf said: “The assault on Hodeidah could have a devastating impact for hundreds of thousands of civilians – not just in the city but …