UK urged to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia following Khashoggi report Dan Sabbagh © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Alamy
Britain faced fresh calls to end unrestricted arms sales to Saudi Arabia after the US published a CIA assessment which concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Charities, civil rights groups and others said the disclosure threw the UK’s traditionally close relationship with Riyadh into stark relief in the aftermath of the release of the short but unambiguous report.
Aid agency Oxfam argued that the UK should respond to the increasingly assertive approach taken by the Biden administration, which has already said it would halt arms sales to Riyadh that could be used in the long-running war in Yemen.
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