Amnesty calls on Spanish king to block sale of warships to Saudi

‘Amnesty International has called on Spain’s King Felipe VI to prevent the possible sale of several warships to Saudi Arabia, warning that the Arab kingdom could use them to commit “serious violations of international humanitarian law” against the Yemeni people.
“They (Saudis) are bombing hospitals, public schools, health centers, among other infrastructure full of people,” the UK-based rights group’s director for Spain, Esteban Beltran, said in a video posted on Twitter on Friday, a day before the Spanish king’s first state visit to the oil-rich kingdom.
Beltran also called on the Spanish king to use his influence on Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who came to power in January last year after the death of his half-brother Abdullah, to stop the kingdom’s 20-month-long “air attacks on civilians in Yemen.”’
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