UK Sanctions Sudanese Warlord, Ignores Its Own Arms Trade
The New Arab reports the UK's move to sanction the RSF deputy commander and others, freezing assets and imposing travel bans. A swift, decisive response to acknowledged horrors. Yet, the UK itself has approved over £11.8 billion ($15 billion) in arms sales to 'authoritarian states' since 2010, according to Campaign Against Arms Trade figures. Many of these recipients, like Saudi Arabia and the
UAE, are implicated in Yemen's catastrophic civil war (Amnesty International reports). One might wonder if the UK's moral compass points only where its arms industry isn't actively profiting. Sanctioning foreign officials for 'atrocities' while providing the tools for others raises questions about the consistency of their humanitarian outrage. How many nations must commit 'atrocities' before the
arms dealers are held to account?