Al-Thawra Net
Today, five dummy ‘missiles’ delivered to Downing Street to protest arms sales to Saudi Arabia which ‘could be used to commit war crimes in Yemen.
Amnesty International delivered the “giant missiles” to Downing Street to protest UK arm sales to Saudi Arabia.
Campaigners in white boiler suits, masks and gloves delivered five dummy missiles bearing the message ‘Made in Britain, destroying lives in Yemen’ to Downing Street today at 10:20am.
The ‘missiles’ carried across Westminster bridge at 10am and taken around Parliament Square before being delivered to Downing Street.
The missiles are 1.8-metre-long ‘exact replicas’ of the weapons Amnesty allege were sold to Saudi Arabia by the UK.
Amnesty claims the UK sold 2,400 missiles and 58 war planes to Saudi Arabia in the past year “despite the clear risk that they could be used to commit war crimes in Yemen”.
Air strikes in Yemen from Saudi planes began almost a year ago on 26 March 2015, targeting civilians, hospitals and schools in Yemen.
Amnesty has protested at the “crisis” in Yemen that has arisen from the “relentless bombardment” from air strikes.
