Yemen carnage: ‘Stop arming Saudi Arabian regime,’ CAAT tells UK government

‘Anti-arms trade activists are demanding that the UK stops peddling arms to Saudi Arabia, as the death toll in Yemen passes 2,000. Their call comes as a Saudi blogger faces a decade in prison and 1,000 lashes for expressing his political views.

The 10-year and 1,000 lashes sentence for Raif Badawi was upheld by the Supreme Court in the Gulf kingdom’s capital, Riyadh, last week. The ruling has sparked outrage among social justice groups around the globe.

Speaking Monday, Andrew Smith of Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) said the human rights situation in Saudi is “dire.”’

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