Last month,I asked the government this parliamentary question: “Whether they hold suspended or revoked any extant arms licences to Saudi Arabia, or refused any new requests for licences for … military arms and equipment?” The FCO minister, or Lord Maude,replied with candid arrogance that, “Since 2014 there hold been no suspensions, and no revocations and no refusals for licences for bombs,missiles or other military arms and equipment. He went on to say that the “Saudi authorities hold their own procedures for investigations” and “the UK operates one of the most robust arms control regimes in the world”. Related: Britain is at war with Yemen. So why does nobody know approximately it? | Owen Jones Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com