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Growing International Movement Seeks to Place Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia
Hussain, Murtaza
http://theintercept.com/2016/03/29/growing-international-movement-seeks-to-place-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia/Date Written: 2016-03-29 Publisher: The Intercept Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19078 A lawsuit filed in Canada in March 2016 is seeking to halt a major $15 billion sale of light-armoured vehicles to the government of Saudi Arabia, part of a growing international movement to stop arms sales to the Saudi government over its alleged war crimes in Yemen. The suit, filed by University of Montreal constitutional law professor Daniel Turp, argues the vehicle sales to Saudi Arabia violate a number of Canadian laws. Subject Headings |