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: United Nations’ scathing report underscores need for arms embargo, tougher scrutiny
Amnesty International has concerns about Australia’s military exports to Saudi Arabia Responding to a scathing report published by the United Nations Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE) which concludes that all parties to the conflict may be guilty of war crimes, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East research director, said: “The GEE, in its …
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 …