UK approved £112m of arms exports to Saudi Arabia last year

UK approved £112m of arms exports to Saudi Arabia last year | World news | guardian.co.uk: 
"These figures for 2012 show the UK arms industry continues to focus on the Gulf states, despite their reputation for human rights abuse and lack of democracy," said a spokesman for CAAT.
The group points out Saudi Arabia's ranking in the The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index 2012fell from the previous year - it was given zero points for "electoral process and pluralism". The only countries ranked lower in the 170 strong table were Syria, Chad, Guinea-Bissau and North Korea.
Saudi Arabia's press was assessed as "not free" by the Freedom House Freedom of the Press Index 2013 which listed it as joint 182 of 197 countries listed."