Scottish Greens on Nostr: UK arms export criteria says a weapon can not be sold if there is a "clear risk" that ...
UK arms export criteria says a weapon can not be sold if there is a "clear risk" that it "might" be used in a serious breach of International Humanitarian Law.
Yet in 10 years the UK has licensed £500 million worth of arms to Israel.
The human cost has been catastrophic.
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