UK’s weapon sales to Saudi unlawful: Lords committee
The UK has licensed nearly $7bn of arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the coalition nations since the war started.
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British arms exports to Saudi Arabia violate international humanitarian law.
That’s the conclusion of a British parliamentary committee which now wants the government to do more to end the war in Yemen.
It says the justification for supplying weapons to the Saudi-Emirati-led coalition is flawed.
For the moment, the United Kingdom is not yet ready to change policy.
Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports from London.
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Published On 16 Feb 2019