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UK, US and France may be complicit in Yemen war crimes - UN report
Source: The Guardian
UK, US and France may be complicit in Yemen war crimes – UN report
Panel lists 160 key actors in Yemen war who could face charges, adding to pressure on UK to end Saudi arms sales
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Tue 3 Sep 2019 14.43 BST Last modified on Tue 3 Sep 2019 16.49 BST
Britain, the US and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, a United Nations report has said.
A UN panel of experts has for the first time compiled a list of 160 military officers and politicians who could face war crimes charges, including from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Houthi rebel movement and Yemeni government military forces. A secret list of those most likely to be complicit has been sent to the UN.
The UN report will very likely be used as further evidence for those demanding that the British government end arms sales to Saudi for use in Yemen.
“This shocking report should act as a wake-up call to the UK government. It offers all the proof needed of the misery and suffering being inflicted on the people of Yemen by a war partly fuelled by UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other coalition members,” said Oxfam’s Yemen country director, Muhsin Siddiquey.
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Panel lists 160 key actors in Yemen war who could face charges, adding to pressure on UK to end Saudi arms sales
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Tue 3 Sep 2019 14.43 BST Last modified on Tue 3 Sep 2019 16.49 BST
Britain, the US and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, a United Nations report has said.
A UN panel of experts has for the first time compiled a list of 160 military officers and politicians who could face war crimes charges, including from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Houthi rebel movement and Yemeni government military forces. A secret list of those most likely to be complicit has been sent to the UN.
The UN report will very likely be used as further evidence for those demanding that the British government end arms sales to Saudi for use in Yemen.
“This shocking report should act as a wake-up call to the UK government. It offers all the proof needed of the misery and suffering being inflicted on the people of Yemen by a war partly fuelled by UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other coalition members,” said Oxfam’s Yemen country director, Muhsin Siddiquey.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/uk-us-and-france-may-be-complicit-in-yemen-war-crimes-un-report