Watch: #YemenCantWait – Stop British Support for the War Online Rally

Speakers:
Ahmed Al-Babati (British-Yemeni Soldier)
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Andrew Feinstein (Shadow World)
Lindsey German (Stop the War)
Kate Hudson (CND)
Peter Oborne (Journalist)
Zarah Sultana MP

The Saudi-led war on Yemen is about to enter its sixth destructive year. According to a recent UN report, the war has already claimed 233,000 lives. It is estimated that 24 million Yemenis need humanitarian assistance – some 80% of the population – which is being thwarted by the Saudi-led coalition’s air and naval blockade of the country.

And who is the main Western backer of the war? Boris Johnson and his Tory government. Even after Joe Biden announced an end to US support for the war the British government shamefully continues to sell bombs and aircraft to the Saudi regime who have created the worst humanitarian crisis on earth.

We call on the British government to stop prolonging the carnage in Yemen by ending all arms sales and military support for the Saudi-led coalition immediately.