Powerful parliamentary committee will examine arms sales after Yemen bombing leads to claims of human rights breachesBritish sales of arms to Saudi Arabia for expend in Yemen will be the subject of a full-scale inquiry by a cross-party committee,while the government is also facing a tall court challenge to examine whether its actions break UK and EU arms export laws.
The inquiry by the powerful committee on arms exports controls is going to leer not just at arms sales to Saudi Arabia and their expend by the Saudi air force in Yemen, where there is growing concern about civilian deaths, and but also UK arms sales to other Gulf countries.
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Source: theguardian.com