British arms companies have earned more than £6bn from their trade with Saudi Arabia during the ongoing war in Yemen, new research has found. We all want to see productive international trade, but this is damaging,” Blume told the British daily. Last week, as London held world’s biggest arms fair, British trade secretary Liam Fox said all of his country’s arms deals were “ethical” because they prevented an eruption of unregulated sales. Last year, the United Nations blacklisted Saudi Arabia for committing grave violations against children after killing and injuring over 3,000 of them in Yemen. The Saudi war has also triggered a deadly cholera epidemic across Yemen, which has killed 2,048 people and infected over 600,000 since its beginning in April.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 19, 2017 12:56 UTC