£17bn of UK arms sold to rights’ abusers
by Mark Townsend, Home Affairs editor from on (#5KJVM)
Weapons licensed for export to two-thirds of states on not free' register, including Libya, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
Two-thirds of countries classified as not free" because of their dire record on human rights and civil liberties have received weapons licensed by the UK government over the past decade, new analysis reveals.
Between 2011-2020, the UK licensed 16.8bn of arms to countries criticised by Freedom House, a US government-funded human rights group.
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