Written question asked by Crispin Blunt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 October 2017. It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Yemen: Military Intervention
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in the operations directorate conduct searches for media reporting of violations of international humanitarian law by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen; and how many of those staff have a working knowledge of Arabic.
- Answer
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Officials in the Ministry of Defence's Operations Directorate work with a network of staff in wider Defence teams, other government departments, and staff in our Embassies to identify reports of potential international humanitarian law violations from a broad range of English and Arabic language press and social media sources. This network includes staff with Arabic language skills.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 10373
- Session
- 2017-19
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- Yes
- Subjects
- International humanitarian law Staff Ministry of Defence Saudi Arabia Yemen Military intervention Arabic
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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