Amnesty International: US Will Face War Crimes Accusation In Yemen

 Althawra Net

Amnesty International said that US risks being complicit in war crimes by supplying Saudi Arabia with weapons to bomb Yemeni civilians. The rights group is calling for the US to stop dealing arms to the Saudi-led coalition

Amnesty International said it has damning evidence of war crimes by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on Yemeni civilians, which depends on the United States for some of its arsenal

In a report released on Wednesday October 7th, Amnesty said the U.S. should immediately stop selling weapons to the Saudi coalition and accused Washington of being complicit in potential war crimes if it continued to supply arms which are used to target civilians

The report said there is a pattern of disregard for civilian lives, with homes, schools and mosques targeted

Some were bombed several times, suggesting they were the intended targets despite no evidence they were being used for military purposes, Amnesty said

 “It is a violation of international law and it could amount to war crimes, as we are pointing out in this report, and it should be investigated like it could amount to war crimes,” said Amnesty researcher Rasha Mohamed”

Amnesty said Saudi bombing Yemen with impunity only serves to fan the flames of violence in the region – on all sides

Amnesty researchers also found evidence of cluster bombs being used in Yemen, which are banned under international law. The report said that more civilians have died as a result of coalition air strikes than from any other cause during the Yemen conflict