UK Parliament petition denounces UAE’s involvement in war crimes in Libya
A British parliamentary petition condemned the UAE for being responsible for mass graves in Libya due to Abu Dhabi’s aggressive intervention in the country.
British MPs condemned the horrific violations in Libya by the UAE-backed war criminal forces, Khalifa Haftar, as well as the Russian Wagner mercenaries who the UAE brought in to fight under Haftar’s militia for years.
The British MPs called on the government of their country to put pressure on the Emirates and the rest of the parties to the conflict to get these mercenaries out of the country immediately.
In a parliamentary petition, the deputies expressed their concern over the continued discovery of mass graves in Tarhuna, western Libya.
The petition’s stressed that Haftar’s forces, backed by the UAE, and the Russian “Wagner” mercenaries are behind these mass graves.
Last January, the internationally recognized Government of National Accord announced the discovery of a new mass grave in Tarhuna, south of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
This brings the number of bodies discovered in the city under the control of Haftar and liberated by the Accord forces, since June 2020, to at least 112.
During July, September and December 2020, the International Criminal Court dispatched teams to examine war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya, where Haftar and his forces are accused.
And the existing hypothesis of including the UAE in the list of those involved in the “Tarhuna” graves is reinforced by the audio leakage that all between the former UAE ambassador to Libya opposed Al-Nayed and the leader of the Al-Kani militia, Muhammad Al-Kani.
A few days ago, the leaked recording, broadcast by Libyan channels, praises the UAE’s role in supporting Haftar’s attack on Tripoli.
According to the leaks, Al-Nayed says that “there is no problem with killing the kidnapped sons of Bani Walid,” referring to him giving the green light to Al-Kani to commit massacres.
Haftar forces, backed by the UAE and Egypt, provide protection and shelter for the Alkani elements with all their equipment in the city of Ajdabiya (east).
According to the Guardian, Abu Dhabi’s involvement is further increased by the disclosure of the UAE’s sending more than 5,000 tons of military supplies to support Haftar’s forces since last January.
These shipments contained heavy artillery, weapons, communications technology equipment, and other spare parts and ammunition.
Meanwhile, The Guardian revealed American pressure on Britain to stop the weapons attributes to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The newspaper pointed to the pressure exerted by prominent lawmakers in the US Congress on the British government to stop arms deals.
Lawmakers stressed Britain’s need to stop arms deals to Saudi Arabia and the UAE because of their war on Yemen.
They stressed the importance of a commitment to moral responsibility and an end to complicity in Yemen’s devastating war.
And he stressed the need to follow the example of America’s allies such as Britain and France, the same thing directly.
He was referring to Weiden’s decision to freeze arms deals to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Weiden also drew attention to Trump’s decision to end the military support for the 6-year-old war waged by Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Yemen.
For his part, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy affirmed that he knows that many in Britain “share our opinion about the arms sales that fuel the Yemen war.”
Murphy led a campaign to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over Yemen’s war.
Therefore, Murphy emphasizes that arms sales’ economic benefits should not outweigh our national security and our moral responsibility.
He stressed the continuation of “stopping the complicity of the British government in this nightmare (the Yemen war).”
The most important thing is what he pointed out to the need for the United States and Britain to work in powerful coherence and better than one side alone.
Murphy expressed his hope that our two countries’ governments would act and give priority to a solution to a diplomat in Yemen.
