Activists protest UAE violations in London

A protest vigil was organised on Thursday in London rejecting the UAE’s human rights violations at home and abroad.

The activists were calling for an end to the UK arms deals to the UAE, denouncing the Gulf country’s war crimes in Yemen.

 Banners reading “arms seller can’t peace!” and “stop arming the UAE” were raised during the event.

In March 2015, the UAE a long with Saudi Arabia backed logistically intervened militarily in a bid to fight the Houthis and reverse what they say is growing Iranian influence in the region.

The fighting has since killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis, and triggered what the United Nations says is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.