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After Viewing Secret Evidence, U.K. Court Rules Arms Sales to Saudis Lawful

10-7-2017 < Blacklisted News 54 86 words
 

The United Kingdom’s High Court has ruled in favor of the British government to allow the continuation of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, despite widespread concerns over breaches of international humanitarian law in the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen. In a legal challenge led by London-based organization Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), two senior judges ruled on Monday that the government “was not irrational or unlawful” in its decision to approve export licences to the Arab kingdom. The 58-page verdict concluded that there was no “real risk” of “serious violations.”

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