Campaigners challenge British arms export licences to Saudi Arabia


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Feb 2023

FILE PHOTO: The Rolls Building (R), which is used by Britain's High Court, is seen in London, Britain, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Raphael Satter/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is unlawfully allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the war in Yemen despite evidence of repeated violations of international humanitarian law, campaigners told London’s High Court on Tuesday.

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) says the British government wrongly decided to resume issuing new licences to export military equipment to Saudi Arabia in 2020.

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