Alwaght- The Human Rights Watch says the US should stop providing weapons to the Saudi attacks on Yemen instead of just verbally condemning them.
Responding to a recent condemnation of Saudi attacks on hospitals and schools by the US administration, the HRW called on Washington to take step beyond verbal condemnation and stop arms deals with Riyadh.
US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power called on Riyadh to halt its airstrikes on schools, hospitals and other civilian targets during a UN Security Council meeting on Monday.
"Ambassador Power's remarks, calling for an end to unlawful strikes that kill civilians and hit protected civilian objects, are certainly welcome. But the US has repeatedly failed to acknowledge its own role providing vital support to those airstrikes by refueling coalition planes and continuing to supply Saudi Arabia with US weapons," HRW’s senior emergencies researcher Priyanka Motaparthy was quoted by ABC News as saying on Tuesday.
Different international bodies including the HRW and Amnesty International have repeatedly called on the US government to stop arming Riyadh for airstrikes against Yemeni people, still in vain.
“It's time for the government to go beyond just statements and suspend their support," Motaparthy added.
In September, Amnesty International also reported that a US manufactured bomb had been used in a Saudi strike against a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah which claimed the lives of 19 people.
Saudi Arabia has been launching airstrikes on Yemen since March 2015. The war was launched in an unsuccessful attempt to reinstate Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who has resigned as Yemen’s president. The UN puts the death toll from the military aggression at over 10,000.
