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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/21/one-third-of-uk-arms-sales-go-to-states-on-human-rights-watchlist-say-analystsPublished by: THE GUARDIAN on 21 Dec 2018
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Figures show that since 2008 Britain has sold weaponry worth £12bn to countries about which government has serious concerns Nearly a third of arms exports authorised by Britain over the past decade were to nations identified by the government as among the worst for human rights, new figuresreveal.
Military arms deals worth an estimated £39bn were approved between 2008 and 2017, £12bn of which went to states included on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights “priority countries” list, according to analysis by Action on Armed Violence.
Over that period, the only country on the 30-strong watchlist to which Britain did not approve arms export deals was North Korea.
The analysis of the figures, collated by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade using export control data from the Department for International Trade, shows a clear upward trend in arms sales approved to watchlist countries, although individual years vary. The values are likely to be a “conservative [...]
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