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 …
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Yemen: Millions of civilians at risk due to restricted life-saving supplies
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition has continued to impose restrictions on the entry of essential goods into conflict-ravaged Yemen Huthi de facto authorities have excessively delayed the delivery of humanitarian assistance in famine-threatened areas and are said to have asked for bribes The coalition’s tightened restrictions could constitute a war crime Millions of lives are at …
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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 …
Saudi Arabia: More activists arrested in continuing crackdown
Responding to news reports that more people have been detained in Saudi Arabia – bringing to 11 the number imprisoned since last week – Samah Hadid, Amnesty International’s Middle East Director of Campaigns, said: “Amnesty International is extremely concerned following reports that yet more individuals and activists have been arrested in Saudi Arabia. “Despite the …
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Yemen: Fierce new offensive displaces tens of thousands of civilians
Yemeni civilians are struggling to stay alive amid fierce ground and air attacks in the raging battle to retake western coastal governorates from Huthi armed group control, and the worst could be yet to come, Amnesty International warned after carrying out a field investigation in the south of the country. The organisation interviewed 34 civilians …
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Arms sales expansion plan exposes Australia to profiting from human rights abuses
Responding to reports that the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that he wants Australia to become one of the world’s top 10 arms exporters to target markets including the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific region, Amnesty International Australia’s Crisis Campaigns Coordinator Diana Sayed said: “When the Government talks about expanding arms exports to the …
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Australia-Saudi Arabia relationship opacity regarding Yemen ‘unacceptable’
In light of today’s Defence Estimates, Amnesty International is concerned that Defence Minister Marise Payne has not adequately explained the Royal Australian Navy’s recent training exercises with Saudi Arabia’s Navy and also what defence materiel has been sold to Saudi Arabia while it is imposing its devastating blockade on Yemen. Amnesty International Australia’s Crisis Campaigns …
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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 …
Yemen: UN must respond as five children killed in night of horror
An air strike which hit Faj Attan, a residential area of Yemen’s capital Sana’a in the early hours of the morning, destroying three homes, killing ten people and injuring seven more, shows that after more than two years of devastating conflict in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is as brazen as ever in its disregard for international …
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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 …