Canada Condemns Saudi Executions, But Arms Sales Speak Louder Than Words

‘Despite condemning Saudi Arabia’s recent mass executions and raising concerns about human rights abuses, the Canadian government said this week it is moving forward with a controversial $15 billion weapons sale to the Gulf state.

Reportedly Canada’s largest-ever arms export contract, the deal was confirmed amid growing condemnation of ongoing western support for Saudi Arabia, despite mounting evidence of atrocities committed by the state, from neighboring Yemen to its own soil.

The country’s latest execution of 47 people, including of Shia cleric and protest leader Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, has touched off a dangerous geopolitical rift in which Saudi Arabia and its allies are squaring off against Iran. The state killings have been widely denounced for violating the most basic due process—and employing the death penalty to crush dissent.’

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