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07-11-2017, 05:18 PM
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed a decision by London’s High Court on Monday to reject a bid to halt billions of pounds of arms sales to Saudi Arabia by campaigners who claimed they were being used in violation of international law.
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) had sought an order to block export licences for British-made bombs, fighter jets 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.
“I welcome the High Court judgment today it shows that we do in this country operate one of the most robust export control regimes in the world,” she told parliament when asked about the ruling.CAAT said that more than 10,000 people have been killed since 2015 as a Saudi Arabia-led coalition intervenes in the Yemeni civil war and the Government is guilty of “repeated and serious breaches” of international humanitarian law.
But Lord Justice Burnett and Justice Haddon-Cave, sitting in London, dismissed the campaigners' application for judicial review, saying the decision to carry on the arms trade was **t irrational or unlawful.
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The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) had sought an order to block export licences for British-made bombs, fighter jets 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.
“I welcome the High Court judgment today it shows that we do in this country operate one of the most robust export control regimes in the world,” she told parliament when asked about the ruling.CAAT said that more than 10,000 people have been killed since 2015 as a Saudi Arabia-led coalition intervenes in the Yemeni civil war and the Government is guilty of “repeated and serious breaches” of international humanitarian law.
But Lord Justice Burnett and Justice Haddon-Cave, sitting in London, dismissed the campaigners' application for judicial review, saying the decision to carry on the arms trade was **t irrational or unlawful.
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