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October 25, 2018

Spanish PM Defends Decision to Sell Weapons to Saudi Arabia
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In Madrid, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez resisted calls Wednesday
to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia, saying sanctions would cost
thousands of Spanish workers their jobs. Last month, the Sánchez
government reversed course, after initially promising to cut off weapons
sales over Saudi-led attacks on Yemen that have killed thousands of
civilians. As Sánchez spoke to lawmakers, protesters gathered outside
parliament. This is Amnesty International's Isabel Mendoza.

Isabel Mendoza: "They must stop exporting more arms to Saudi Arabia,
because, as our banner says, they are arms that kill. The decisions the
government takes will kill hundreds of thousands of civilians in Yemen.
Furthermore, arms are being sold to a country that at the moment is
violating every human rights and international humanitarian law."



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