Saudi Arabia was omitted from UK's death penalty strategy 'to safeguard defence contracts'

[barryqwalsh]

Human rights groups and opposition politicians have expressed concern that ministers left the notoriously sensitive Saudi regime off the list to safeguard billions of pounds of defence contracts and security co-operation.

The Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said the time had come to “shine a light” into the “shady corners” of the UK relationship with the Saudi regime.

The Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood would only express the UK’s “disappointment” at the 47 executions carried out by Saudi Arabia at the end of last week.


Britain omitted Saudi Arabia from its five-year strategy to tackle the death penalty

 

[The Great Goose]

Why should we Westerners waste money preventing the death penalty in other lands?

 

[Sunni Man]

China has more death penalty executions per year than all other countries combined. (estimated to be 10,000)

But they aren't a muslim country.....so nobody cares. .....