Thursday, July 02, 2015

Canada has made Saudi Arabia a priority weapon market despite its human rights record

"The Canadian government carefully courted Saudi Arabia in the years leading up to an unprecedented $15-billion arms sale to Riyadh brokered by Ottawa that remains shrouded in secrecy, documents show." "The transaction, backed by Canadian taxpayers, has come under fire because Saudi Arabia has one of the worst human rights records in the world today." (thanks Amir)