Green Party condemns Boris Johnson’s push to keep selling arms to Saudi Arabia after bombing
10 February 2017
The Green Party is horrified by the revelation Boris Johnson urged the UK to continue selling weapons to Saudi Arabia after a funeral bombing in Yemen last October [1].
The airstrike, on October 8 last year, claimed the lives of 140 people. A UN report concluded the attack had breached international humanitarian law [2].
Jonathan Bartley, Green Party co-leader, said:
“These letters reveal Boris Johnson’s stunning disregard for human rights. He went out of his way to ensure arms were sold to a brutal, oppressive regime knowing full well such weapons had previously been used to kill innocent Yemenis and could be again. Johnson has shown utter contempt not just for the 140 people who lost their lives in the Sana’a bombing but also for the people whose lives he put at risk with this terrible decision.
“Britain should stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia immediately. UK weapons must not be used to violate international law and human rights.”
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