UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia can continue, high court rules

Campaign Against the Arms Trade loses fight to stop arms sales to Gulf state over claims weapons may have been used to kill civilians in Yemen

Campaigners have lost a high-profile case calling for UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia to be stopped over humanitarian concerns as the high court ruled exports could continue.

Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) launched the high-profile judicial review of the government’s decision to continue granting weapons export licences to the country despite widespread concern over the civilian death toll of its campaign in Yemen.

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