Australia: Freeze Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Boys walk on textbooks scattered on the ground after an air strike hit a school book storage building in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen January 13, 2018. © 2018 Reuters (Sydney) – Responding to the decision of US President Joe Biden’s administration to temporarily suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a coalition of civil society groups is calling on the Australian government to follow his lead. The Australian Arms Control Coalition (AACC) is urging the Australian government to end the export of military goods to Saudi Arabia…

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