“No matter how dire the crisis has become, [the Saudi coalition] have been able to count on the uncritical political and military support of the UK government. That support must end, and so must have the arms sales that have done so much damage.”
Saudi Arabia
“In the world view of the British army, military invasions in Iraq and Afghanistan, bombings in Libya and Syria, and deep co-operation with colonial settler states like Israel and Gulf dictatorships like Saudi Arabia are a-political. Politics is when you disagree, and disagreement is forbidden.”
David Jamieson: Scots should know the name Ahmed al-Babati – he’s been arrested for our exports
Despite the Court of Appeal ruling a year ago that the UK government’s actions in selling arms to Saudi Arabia were “unlawful”, they are now set to resume sales. “They have prioritised billions of pounds in arms sales over human lives as evidence mounts of blatant violations of international humanitarian law by the Saudi-led coalition.” […]
UK Resumes Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
All you despots out there – beware! The UK Government is coming for you. In its new post-Brexit sanctions regime, the UK is taking action against those behind the most “notorious” human rights abuses in the world, with the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 named as one of those acts of brutality to […]