Fears of humans rights abuses prompt UK to revoke arms export licences
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Fears of humans rights abuses prompt UK to revoke arms export licences

Buenos Aires : Argentina | Jul 12, 2012 at 4:29 PM PDT
Source: The Guardian
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Martin Argles for the Guardian The UK must change its arms export policy to prevent weapons and other military equipment being sold to authoritarian regimes because the Arab spring has shown the system is fundamentally flawed, a Commons report warns . FULL ARTICLE AT The Guardian
 
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