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New evidence proves beyond doubt that the Australian company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) is selling weapons to the UAE and Saudi armed forces, despite company denials. Both countries are the subject of allegations of war crimes as part of their roles in the war in Yemen.

The company does very well from its exports of weapons of death. It claims a growth of 360% in revenues in 2018 and expects revenues to grow in 2019 to exceed $200 million.

“Secrecy and lies are being used to conceal from the Australian people that Australian manufactured weapons are being used in appalling human rights violations. Transparency, honesty and morality are being sacrificed to profits,” said Denis Doherty from the Anti-Bases Coalition.

“Pouring more weapons into the region will cause more deaths and destruction but will boost the super profits of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon”

END THE SLAUGHTER IN YEMEN

The war, which began in 2015, has displaced more than 3 million people and brought widespread famine and disease.

Recent reports suggest that as many as 100,000 people have been killed, many of them civilians, and about 85,000 children under the age of five have died from the effects of war including starvation and disease.

In October 2018, the United Nations warned that 13 million people face starvation