26th March 2022 marks the seventh anniversary of the war in Yemen. The UK has sold over £20 billion worth of arms to the Coalition since airstrikes began in 2015. CAAT is hosting a MP Lobby Day for Yemen on 10th March.
Lobby your MP for Yemen on 10th March
Next month sees the seventh anniversary of the war in Yemen, which began on 26th March 2015.
It is a war that has been fuelled by British arms exports, with sales worth more than £20 billion made to the Saudi-led coalition. It is also a war that has claimed over 377,000 lives. Last month, the Saudi-led coalition bombed a prison killing over 80 civilians, without a word of condemnation from the UK government.
The UK government must stop enabling this war, end arms sales, and make serious efforts to bring the war to an end and promote accountability for atrocities committed by all sides.
On 10th March, CAAT is asking friends and supporters to lobby their MPs for Yemen. If you would like to take part in this Lobby Day, please go to this link and enter your postcode to contact your MP and book a meeting. Between now and then CAAT will send you a briefing pack. There will also be an optional online training session to help you make the most of this meeting.
After you write to your MP you will be asked to fill in an online form so CAAT can track which MPs have been contacted.
CAAT has published a briefing ‘Seven Years of War’, to inform both supporters and MPs for the Lobby day on 10th March.
Let’s work together to stop these deadly arms exports, end the war in Yemen and ensure all those complicit in the death and destruction caused by the war are held accountable.