mo4ch:>Stop selling arms to ‘tyrannical’ Thai military regime, CAAT urges May ahead of PM visit | Mo4ch News
The UK government is “promoting” the use of “deadly” weaponry in Thailand by continuing to sell arms to the military regime despite its track record of human rights abuses, anti-arms campaigners have argued.
Ahead of the UK visit of Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on June 20, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to halt all arms sales to the country. To maintain this trade will show that “the UK government believes the political rights of Thai people to be less important than arms company profits and cozy relations with a dictatorship.”
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The south-east Asian country is on the UK’s ‘core market’ list for arms sales. According to CAAT, the UK has licensed £48 million worth of arms to the Thai dictatorship since the military coup in 2014.Andrew Smith of CAAT said: “Human rights must be on top of the agenda at the meeting. This cannot become yet another photo-op for human rights abusers on the steps of Downing Street. The go…
Ahead of the UK visit of Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on June 20, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to halt all arms sales to the country. To maintain this trade will show that “the UK government believes the political rights of Thai people to be less important than arms company profits and cozy relations with a dictatorship.”
Read more
The south-east Asian country is on the UK’s ‘core market’ list for arms sales. According to CAAT, the UK has licensed £48 million worth of arms to the Thai dictatorship since the military coup in 2014.Andrew Smith of CAAT said: “Human rights must be on top of the agenda at the meeting. This cannot become yet another photo-op for human rights abusers on the steps of Downing Street. The go…