Boris Johnson urged to scrap plan for Saudi Arabia Brexit trade deal after 81 people executed
The Independent says Boris Johnson has been urged to scrap plans for a post-Brexit trade accord with Saudi Arabia amid concern about the government’s mass executions.
The oil-rich autocracy executed 81 people over the weekend, thought to be the largest such killing in the country’s history.
Human rights campaigners have accused the prime minister of trying to trade “oil for blood” with the trade push – which comes while political prisoners and children are among those still facing death row.
In the House of Lords on Monday peers said plans to give Saudi traders preferential access to the City of London’s markets should not go ahead.
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