Most of Britain’s arms sales are destined for countries accused of human rights abuses, research shows
Campaigners from Amnesty International carrying a batch of five giant dummy missiles to Downing Street in London in 2016
MORE than half of Britain’s arms sales are destined for countries accused of human rights abuses, new research by campaigners suggests.
The analysis by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) shows that in 2021, the government issued arms licences worth £267 million to Saudi Arabia, £271m to India and £306m to Turkey — nations all accused of gross human rights violations.
In a report published on Thursday, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the US were named as the biggest buyers of British arms between 2017 and 2021, each receiving 19 per cent of exports.
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