{"id":316618,"date":"2017-07-10T10:18:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T09:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/court-to-rule-on-legality-of-britains-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2017-07-10T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T09:18:46","slug":"court-to-rule-on-legality-of-britains-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/court-to-rule-on-legality-of-britains-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Court to rule on legality of Britain\u2019s arms sales to Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 10 Jul, 2017 08:56 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        London\u2019s High Court is due to rule Monday on the legality of UK arms sales to the Saudi Arabian regime in response to a case brought by the Campaign against the Arms Trade (CAAT).<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>The case hinges on the question of whether the UK failed to suspend sales in line with legal obligations, given the Saudi\u2019s current war in neighboring Yemen, which has been waged in part using British manufactured military equipment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/390366-amber-rudd-saudi-arabia-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2017.05\/thumbnail\/592f48a6c46188f5268b4658.jpg\" alt=\"Home Secretary Amber Rudd at Wednesday's debate \u00a9 Stefan Rousseau \"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>CAAT claims that the UK\u2019s continued sales are a breach of international law while the EU\u2019s common council also insists that sales to nations where violations of the law might occur must be halted.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two years, the UK has licensed the sales of \u00a33 billion (US$3.86 billion) worth of arms to the Saudi government, with which Britain is a longstanding ally.<\/p>\n<p>Arm sales have included Typhoon and Tornado jets and the UK has had military personnel embedded in Saudi headquarters throughout the Yemen conflict, which has raged since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The British government maintains that the personnel are there to support adherence to international law and advice on rules of engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Both Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Artillery (RA) personnel have been deployed to train the Saudi military during the war.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict \u2013 which has been accompanied with a blockade of major ports \u2013 has drastically worsened the humanitarian situation in the already-impoverished gulf nation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lU0szNJEOX0?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The UN says 17 million people in Yemen are at imminent risk of famine, while dwindling medical supplies and lack of trained medical personnel have led to epidemics.<\/p>\n<p>Leading humanitarian organizations, including the Red Cross, have named the aerial bombing campaign and blockade as the main causes behind the ongoing cholera epidemic in the capital, Sanaa, that has already claimed some 200 lives, while over 11,000 cases of the disease have been registered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/395838-saudi-arms-court-weapons-yemen\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 10 Jul, 2017 08:56 London\u2019s High Court is due to rule Monday on the legality of UK arms sales to the Saudi Arabian regime in response to a case brought by the Campaign against the Arms Trade (CAAT). 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