This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia and denounce the execution of activists
UK Government policy does not represent British values but those of the brutal Saudi Arabian regime. As an apologist for Saudi Arabia's execution of peaceful protestors, Hammond is working in the interest, not of the British people but of the despotic Saudi monarchy.
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As David Mepham, the UK director of Human Rights Watch points out: "1. Phillip Hammond is an apologist for the death penalty. 2. Phillip Hammond believes that execution by beheading for political protests is an acceptable form of punishment. 3. It doesn’t matter how low Saudi Arabia sinks in order to stifle protests against their barbaric regime, Phillip Hammond will seemingly refuse to condemn their actions – even if their actions are relative to those of Daesh (ISIS)."
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114008 and https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/117584
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