A Saudi vessel that had been due to load arms in France left the country's ...
A French patrol boat sails next to the Bahri-Yanbu, a Saudi Arabian cargo ship, that waits to enter in the port of Le Havre, as human rights groups try to block the loading of weapons onto the vessel, France, May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Two French human rights groups on Thursday sought to block the loading of weapons onto the ship through a legal filing, arguing the cargo contravened an international arms treaty. “The boat has left and without its cargo,” Laurence Greig, a lawyer representing the ACAT rights group told Reuters. “It is extremely embarrassing for the executive because we thought that we could stop this only with a legal recourse.”
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