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Government defends arming Saudi Arabia at secret court hearing
by Phil Miller
at the Court of Appeal
THE government will defend its arms sales to Saudi Arabia at a secret court hearing in London tomorrow in a bid to obscure sensitive details about Britain’s covert role in the Yemen war.
The Court of Appeal went into closed session this afternoon with journalists, campaigners and some lawyers forced to leave court room 72 until later today.
Only security-vetted judges and special advocates remained to discuss “a large quantity” of evidence behind locked doors.
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