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Truss's premiership signals ‘worrying turning point’ for war in Yemen, anti-arms campaigners warn
Prime Minister Liz Truss speaking in the House of Commons, London, to set out her energy plan to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills. Picture date: Thursday September 8, 2022.
LIZ TRUSS’S premiership marks a “worrying turning point” for the war in Yemen, anti-arms campaigners have warned.
Protesters gathered outside Parliament earlier this week to draw attention to the new PM’s record of arming the Saudi-led coalition, which is attacking Yemen, during her tenure as international trade secretary between 2019 to 2021 – and to urge her to stop fuelling it.
In 2020, Ms Truss restarted arms sales to the Gulf state despite widespread evidence of war crimes in Yemen.
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