UK to stop providing arms to Saudi Arabia used to destroy Yemen.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Yemen is currently suffering with cholera, Covid-19, economic collapse and war, along with a famine. It is estimated that 22 million people will die. The country is on the brink of extinction and the UK is complicit by selling arms to Saudi. It is the world's worst humanitarian crisis in a century.

We would like the UK government to stop the sales of arms to Saudi Arabia, remove military and diplomatic support to the Saudi-led coalition who are indiscriminately aerial bombing Yemen resulting in 100,000 deaths (minimum). The CAAT agreed that "UK arms have been central to the devastation of Yemen." In 2015 the attack on Yemen saw sales of UK bombs increase from £9m to over £1bn in three months. Amnesty International have shown that UK arms are being used on civilian targets.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Provide immediate aid to Yemen and stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia.

Timeline

15 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
16 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Jul 2020

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