Stop Selling Arms to Saudi Regime: Social Activists Call on UK

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Alwaght- Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) called on the UK to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia, as the regime continues its brutal war on its neighboring Yemen killing and injuring tens of thousands of civilian, mostly children and women.
Describing human rights situation in Saudi Arabia as 'dire', Anti-arms trade activist, Andrew Smith, told "The fact that it [Saudi regime] is also the world’s largest buyer of UK weapons is a sign of the real hypocrisy at the heart of UK foreign policy”.
"What right does the UK have to talk about human rights and democracy when its ministers are directly promoting arms sales to a regime that tortures bloggers?" he added.
CAAT call came as a Saudi blogger last week was sentenced to a decade in prison and 1,000 lashes by the regime's Supreme Court for expressing his political views. The verdict has provoked anger among social activists worldwide.
Unfortunately this is only the latest reminder of the Saudi regime’s brutality. Last March saw the introduction of a new ‘terrorism’ law that treats all atheists and political dissidents as enemies of the state, and this year has seen the doubling of executions.
During its first four years, the Coalition government continued the UK’s long standing policy by licensing £3.8 billion worth of arms to the regime. This included licenses for combat aircraft, components for bombs, weapon sights and tear gas. There is no suggestion that this will change under the current government, pressenza.com reported.
The UK government has not just authorized these sales, it has also promoted them. Ministers have enjoyed a politically intimate relationship with the Saudi rulers, and even UK Royals have been co-opted into promoting arms sales. This was evident last year when Prince Charles used a visit to Saudi Arabia to promote Eurofighter sales for BAE Systems.
Andrew continued: “The government is working hand in glove with arms companies like BAE Systems that are profiting from the oppression taking place. With the intensification of the crackdown on dissent, and with the humanitarian catastrophe being unleashed on Yemen, we have to ask, what would it take for the UK to finally stop selling arms to this terrible regime?”

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