Yemeni civilians are struggling to stay alive amid fierce ground and air attacks in the raging battle to retake western coastal governorates from the Huthi armed group, said Amnesty International.
Campaign Against Arms Trade granted permission to appeal against a High Court judgment which allows UK to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
The Court of Appeal will give its judgment on Friday in a legal battle by campaigners to overturn a High Court judgment which allows the UK Government to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
A coalition of human rights organisations from Germany, Italy and Yemen have begun a legal action against a European arms manufacturer and officials in Italy.
Last year saw a small drop in the overall number of executions around the world, large numbers of death sentences were carried out for non-violent crimes such as drug offences.
Campaigners will go to the Court of Appeal on Thursday 12 April 2018 for a one day hearing in an attempt to overturn a High Court judgment which allows the UK Government to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
‘The People’s Weapons Inspectors’ have blocked the gates of arms manufacturer Roxel in the West Midlands and are attempting to inspect the site. They believe the site is supplying weapons components that will be used by the Saudi Arabian military to commit war crimes against the people of Yemen.
Amnesty International has documented 36 coalition airstrikes that appear to have violated international humanitarian law. Nearly 6,000 civilians have been killed, almost 10,000 wounded, while more than 20 million are in need of humanitarian aid.