They regularly raise human rights concerns with the Saudi government at the highest level
Meanwhile David Cameron is boasting about selling arms to Saudi Torturer Arabia.
The Saudi government has bought £3 billion of UK aircraft, arms and other defence products in 2015.
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He announced his planned defence of BAE’s international trade: “I’m going to be spending a lot of the next four months talking about this issue but I promise I will not be taking my eye off the ball, making sure the brilliant things you make here at BAE Systems are available and sold all over the world.
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On Wednesday, an Amnesty report said the UK is setting a “dangerous precedent” to the rest of the world by continuing to supply arms to questionable regimes such as Saudi Arabia”.
The report criticised the Government’s continuing arms exports to Saudi Arabia in the face of claims that the country may be responsible for atrocities in Yemen.
Not to mention its own citizens, and foreign workers.
A government spokesperson told the Independent:”This is an issue we take very seriously and we regularly raise human rights concerns with the Saudi government at the highest level.”
And then we all have a good laugh and get back to business.
Same bullsh.. here in Canada – how depressing – the new prime minister did not cancel the 15 billion $ arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
See http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-will-not-cancel-saudi-arms-deal-despite-mass-executions-dion-1.2724037
“Canada ensures that … human rights considerations are seriously taken into account,” Barrat said in a statement.
“Precedent”? I’m pretty sure that was set many years ago.
maybe he can show the Saudis this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpQJ98rR4o
My household in the US hosted many Saudi exchange students. From what they said, they hate their government and the royal family, but they feel powerless to do anything about it especially since they know they will be opposed by the US and UK if they revolt. Members of the royal family do whatever they want without accountability. They abuse, rape and murder people, normal Saudi citizens and even more frequently immigrants from less developed countries. The draconian laws don’t apply to the royal family at all.