Morocco, with 4.1 million, Spain's second client in the first half of
The government doubled the sale of arms to countries that violate human rights
Only 42 percent of total sales just in countries of the European Union or NATO.
December 31, 1910 - - M. MADRID-Gutiérrez
In the first half of this year, Spain sold arms to Morocco worth more than four million euros. A group of NGOs, including Amnesty International and Oxfam, were ahead of the publication of data by the Government (to be held in early January) and have complained that each time our arms industry sells more and worse.
The report of the Campaign Control Arms, based on statistics from the Tax Office shows that Spain has doubled the sale of weapons during the first half of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. The destinations of the material are in many cases, countries that violate human rights flagrantly, as is the case of Morocco and Saudi Arabia. Those organizations believe that the government of Zapatero may be violating Article 8 of the Sale of Weapons Act (53/2007), which restricts trade with countries or territories where the material can be used to violate human rights or be used in actions that disturb the peace, stability and security and exacerbate tensions or conflicts. This is the case of Morocco, where last November 8th Security Forces evacuated by force the Saharawi protest camp located 14 miles from Laayoune.
The Alawite kingdom is the second customer in Spain in the first half of the year that ends today. The first was Turkey, which bought weapons material worth 38.9 million euros.
REASON In statements, the campaign spokesman for Amnesty International, Francisco Ortega, said that "since 2000 the increase is sustained and follows a purely economic criterion "that is" troubling "because it follows the law enacted in 2007. For the platform "Arms Control", the current financial crisis has contributed to a "clear tension" between the interests of the English defense industry and the legislation that regulates it.
can be realized in 2011 also one of the more bulky operations history and will be with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a regular at the top of the list of countries enemies of freedom. At stake is the delivery of 200 Leopard tanks worth 3,000 million euros and the Government has given no sign that the transaction will prevent as required by law.
is also currently underway in the High Court an investigation into arms sales to Morocco in 2009, Spain reported a nearly 30 million euro profit. Seven agencies Saharawi defenders, most notably the International Association of Jurists for Western Sahara, a lawsuit filed in April by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade on the grounds that the rule is being violated 53/2007. In its complaint, the plaintiffs claim that between 2007 and 2010 was sold to the United Alawi products worth 330 million euros.
Inés Miranda's lawyer, who represented the Sahrawi activist during Haidar his hunger strike in Lanzarote, said that weapons sold to Rabat "is not only tanks but also handguns, handcuffs and even new technologies." According
Francisco Ortego, despite the great sensitivity of public opinion in Western Sahara conflict, nothing indicates that the government will relent in her efforts to give Morocco dual-use equipment, especially ammunition, trucks, cars combat shotguns and a ship so far this year. Quite the contrary. However, the spokesperson for Amnesty itself has been a growing 'responsiveness to our messages "between the representatives in Congress" to much of what we propose. " Of Indeed, he says, "the Defense Committee includes many of our demands."
source: larazon.es
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