Rights groups urge UN chief to put Saudi Arabia back on blacklist

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<p>‘Twe ty promi e t h ma rights gro ps have rge U ite Natio s chief Ba Ki-moo to p t Sa i Arabia back o a blacklist for overwhelmi gly violati g chil re ’s rights i Yeme .</p>
<p>“If the Sa i-le coalitio wa ts to be remove from the list, it sho l stop killi g a maimi g chil re a bombi g schools a hospitals i Yeme , the violatio s for which it was liste ,” the gro ps wrote i a letter o We es ay.</p>
<p>The letter was sig e by 20 rights gro ps, i cl i g H ma Rights Watch, Am esty I ter atio al a Oxfam, who acc se Ba of givi g i to “political ma ip latio ” by the ki g om.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/06/09/469607/UN-Sa i -Arabia-blacklist-Yeme -co flict-chil re " target="_bla k">Rea more: Rights gro ps rge UN chief to p t Sa i Arabia back o blacklist</a></p>