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High Court Upholds British Sales of Arms to Saudi Arabia

posted by martyb on Friday July 14 2017, @01:38AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-a-leg-to-stand-on dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The High Court in London ruled that British arms sales to Saudi Arabia may continue.

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) had sought an order to block export licences for British-made fighter jets, bombs and other munitions which it said the Saudi-led Arab coalition was using in a campaign against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen's civil war.

[...] "Saudi Arabia has been, and remains, genuinely committed to compliance with International Humanitarian Law; and there was no 'real risk' that there might be 'serious violations' of International Humanitarian Law (in its various manifestations) such that UK arm sales to Saudi Arabia should be suspended or cancelled," the court said.

[...] CAAT said it would appeal against the decision, and the leader of the opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, heavily criticised the government for its trade with Saudi Arabia.

"The government continues to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, one of the most oppressive and brutal regimes, that finances terrorism and is breaching humanitarian law," Corbyn said.

Source: Reuters

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @08:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @08:15AM (#539013)

    This has to be the most sustained argument ever put forth by the jmorris! So sad it is of the same quality of his isomorphic idiosyncratic assertions!

    But in short, this reflects the stupidity of the Right, they think that right is what declared by courts, instead of the truth that courts declare what is truth, based on argument, precendent, and something that jmorris will never understand, reason. Law is ethics with rational establishment, dudes! jmorris is on the losing side of history, logic, reality, reason, and the chocolate/vanilla divide. I'll just leave that here.

    Look, justice and truth are not the outcome of a fight, just because you win a culture war does not mean your are right! I mean, just look at Pat Buchanan and Newtered Gringrich! Losers! Cuckholder Conservatives who are relativists when it comes to morals! And some of them (all?) are Catholics? The Pope should be ashamed, or get busy with the old excommunication stick!