Scores of protesters gathered outside the British Parliament in London on Wednesday to protest against Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to London.
Mohammed bin Salman is in UK amid protests against his country's role in the war in Yemen.
The protesters gathered outside the parliament with signs and placards, while chanting slogans such as: “Hands of Yemen”.
There was a heavy police presence outside UK parliamen where demonstrators condemned both countries’ role in Yemen, where war has killed around 10,000 people.
Riyadh has been using British-supplied weapons in devastating strikes.
Britain is looking for trading partners as it exits the European Union, and energy powerhouse Saudi Arabia needs to convince skeptical investors about its domestic condition.
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces have continued to carried out a series of air strikes targeting schools that were still in use in Yemen, in violation of international humanitarian law, and hampering access to education for thousands of Yemen’s children, Amnesty International have warned several times.
Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Ansarullah movement and reinstate former President, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime.
Thousands of people have been killed since the onset of Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Yemen.
Much of the Arabian Peninsula country’s infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.
The United Nations said a record 22.2 million people are in need of food aid, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger.
