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Amnesty International lashed out at Britain for its continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
“The UK is flouting its own rules on arms exports as well as international law in its continued sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia,” Amnesty’s UK’s Director, Kate Allen, said on Monday.
The week sees the fourth anniversary of the devastating conflict in Yemen, a conflict which the UK’s sale of arms - worth almost £5bn - to Saudi Arabia has helped fuel.
“The UK, a supposed champion of international arms export rules, is becoming notorious over its arms-exporting role in the Yemen conflict,” Allen added
The group’s UK director stated that several countries have ended arms sales to Riyadh because of the clear risk of misusing these weapons in the conflict in Yemen.
Allen described Britain as “becoming notorious over its arms-exporting role in the Yemen conflict.”
Since March 2015, the UK has sold more than two-dozen Eurofighter Typhoons to Saudi Arabia. Last year it was announced that a further 48 UK-supplied Typhoons were likely to be bought by the Kingdom.
Source: Yemenwatch.net
