25 June 2014

Saudi Arabia and Egypt among UK’s largest arms markets despite human rights violations

Last year, the British government approved the export of GBP 1.6bn worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, which makes the Saudi market the UK’s biggest arms market. The export of GBP 51m worth of arms to Egypt has also been approved by the United Kingdom. These figures derive from government reports and were assembled by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), which estimates that last year the UK approved the export of in total GBP 2bn worth of weapons to oppressive governments. (more…)

Source: The Guardian | Saudis and Egypt among biggest markets for UK arms despite human rights breaches
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