British politician: London sells weapons " problem countries "
Despite significant changes in world politics " for the last time, the British Government did not stop the supply of weapons in the country, " with dubious reputation in the field of human rights " - said the people's choice of the house of Commons the conservative Sir John Stanley writes. According to the MP, In the current year only to such States sold arms to 60 million pounds (about 80 million).
Sir John Stanley is headed in the house of Commons Committee on export control of arms. In the 1980s, the years of the Tory government, he served as Minister of state military power of great Britain.
according to him, the Cabinet does not want to recognize " significant change in world politics over the past period of time ". The government, he says, was obliged to ban the sale of weapons to those countries where it has the ability to be used for " internal repression ", but this wording was softened, and the ban comes only in those cases where there is a " clear risk " that delivered weapons can be used in contravention of international law.
according to the government, for the first half of 2014, 18 of the 28 countries included in the official " black list " of the British foreign Ministry, received arms 63, 2 million pound sterling. Among these States are listed Israel, Saudi Arabia, Central African Republic, Sri Lanka, And Russia.
The authoritarian regime of Saudi Arabia received weapons by 20 million pounds is a handmade explosive devices, sniper rifles, night vision equipment, weapons and components for military vehicles. More than 8 million pounds were sold weapons to Sri Lanka, although the security forces of this state many times been accused of torture captured, the intimidation of reporters, civil active participants and opposition politicians, the pressure on judges. In some of the world's reported cases of violence on religious grounds.
The British Government refused to stop the supply of munitions to Israel, although they were probably used in the bombing of Gaza. And tear gas British production was used against protesters in Hong Kong.
9, 1 million pounds of military equipment was sold to Russia, against which the West has imposed penalties because of the events in Ukraine, highlights magazine.
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