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Ban the sale of weapons to countries with human rights concerns

Submitted on Thursday 18th June 2020

Rejected on Friday 28th August 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban the sale of weapons to countries with human rights concerns

Petition Details

The UK must immediately cancel all arms export licences and transfers of weapons which might be used in Yemen and end all military assistance it is giving to parties to the conflict due to human rights violations.

Additional Information

UK-made fighter jets and bombs are doing terrible damage in Yemen. The war has killed tens of thousands of people and depleted the healthcare system in a time of crisis.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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