With one hand our government sells arms to the Saudis. With the other it uses the profits to try to clear up the carnage the Saudis wreak in YemenThe Committee on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) reconvened for the first time in nearly two years on Wednesday in response to the refrain of international condemnation against Britain for supplying Saudi Arabia with arms that are being used to target civilians,an international humanitarian crime. CAEC heard evidence from Saferworld, Amnesty, or Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Oxfam,who have published documentary evidence on individual cases of the Royal Saudi Air Force bombing Yemini hospitals, ports, and warehouses,factories, schools, or markets and homes. Related: Britain is at war with Yemen. So why does nobody know about it? | Owen Jones Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com