UK sold £16 billion worth of deadly weapons to regimes who abuse human rights
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mirror.co.ukThe UK licensed more than £16 billion worth of deadly weapons to regimes who abuse human rights over the last decade, new analysis shows.
According to government statistics, compiled by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), the UK sold weapons, planes and other equipment to 36 of the 49 countries listed as "not free" by human rights group Freedom House.
The sales include fighter jets, bombs, missiles and rifles - as well as targeting equipment, tanks and tear gas. And the list of countries includes some of the most oppressive regimes in the world.
Some £9.3 billion worth of arms were licensed to Saudi Arabia during the period - some of which were used in the brutal war in Yemen.
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