Britain broke the law on Saudi arms exports, court rules

"The Court of Appeal has concluded that the process of decision-making by the government was wrong in law in one significant respect," judge Terence Etherton said as he handed down the ruling.

Three judges said the British government had"made no attempt" to find out whether the Saudi-led coalition had breached international law. But the court's ruling does not mean arms-sales licenses must be suspended, only that the government"must reconsider the matter." A British government spokeswoman said:"This judgment is not about whether the decisions themselves were right or wrong, but whether the process in reaching those decisions was correct."Britain is the world's sixth largest seller of arms, after the United States, Russia, France, Germany and China, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute . Saudi Arabia accounted for 43 percent of Britain's global arms sales in the past decade.

The war has killed tens of thousands of people and has put 10 million people at risk of famine and the world's worst cholera epidemic.

Didn’t know Britain had a Govt.

US just sold weapons to Saudi Arabia! Did Kushner head that up! US should not sell to any country that attacked us! US should stop word battling with Russian allies (Syria, NK, Venezuela, possible Philippines, Iran and more)! Stay out their airspace! Americans are tired of war!

The Gov Broke the Law. The gov did NOT break the law. ONE person did, the one that was in charge and said go ahead. But no one gets arrested. One law for them and one law for the people.

A court system holding government to account. How novel.

So where do we go from here lol

Did Trump know and let the crown prince kill an American citizen just so Jared could make a deal for his father in law!

Punish them and by sending them off to the frontlines of their wars.

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