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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen rights abuses, watchdog finds

The GAO report raised doubts about Biden’s commitment to tracking violations of humanitarian law in Yemen.
The GAO report raised doubts about Biden’s commitment to tracking violations of humanitarian law in Yemen. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

The US government has not fully investigated its own role in perpetuating human rights abuses in Yemen, according to a congressional watchdog report that offered a damning assessment of both the Trump and Biden administrations’ commitment to tracking violations of humanitarian law.

A report by the Government Accountability Office, which examined US weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, also raised serious doubts about one of Joe Biden’s first foreign policy as president, when he announced that his administration was ending US support for Saudi offensive operations in Yemen.

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