Amnesty Highlights France's Complicity in Aggression Against Yemen
News - World: Amnesty International on Thursday held a protest demonstration in Paris, calling on France to ban arms export to Saudi Arabia and the UAE over violations of human rights in Yemen.
The demonstration, which will continue every Thursday until March 25, is part of a campaign to mark the 6 years of [Aggression] in Yemen and to highlight France's complicity in the world's worst humanitarian crisis, Amnesty France said on its website.
Protesters were holding banners with slogans reading, "French hypocrisy" and "Yemen can't wait."
The rights group said the objective of the weekly demonstrations is to raise awareness among the general public "about the risks of French arms sales and the impunity that surrounds them."
By continuing arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the main countries involved in this conflict, it said, France is "running the risk of its war material being used against civilians."
Source: anews website
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