With or without riots in the way, have clarified the five organizations from the Control Arms coalition (Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Foundation for Peace and Oxfam), the Spanish government has exported weapons in violation of the law. And they have qualified because the latest data released by the Executive under the first half of 2010, the period in which the revolts in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East had not yet leaning his head.
"It has been sold to customers are common, but are outside the law" has explained about Jesus Nunez, co-director of the Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action (IECAH), responsible for drafting the report to the NGO coalition . "They should not have made the sales" Nunez continued making use of the Law 53/2007 on Arms Trade determines what conditions must export defense equipment and dual use and prohibiting the sale of material to areas where they can disturb the peace or there is evidence of diversion to neighboring countries.
"The problem is not having sold arms to Libya but this Libya." According to the data handled by the coalition from the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, the countries located in the region involved in the protests, Libya just takes the cake with some exports of 6,926,300 euros .
A game, however, subject to review after opening the department heads Miguel Sebastián a record of revocation. The four NGOs have described this as "positive", but has requested the Government, in the words of Esteban Beltran, Amnesty International, the "confirm" and ensure that is not going to sell more weapons to this country.
Again according to data from the first half of 2010, Libya was still Saudi Arabia, who was defense equipment worth 1.5 million euros, Morocco, with 1.1 million euros, and Tunisia, with 778,480 euros and Egypt, with sales of 464,669 euros. "Spain has the right to defend itself and, therefore, to have a defense industry" has said Jesus Nunez.
"But the arms company they should sound the law 53/2007 on Arms Trade." According to the analysis of the co-director of IECAH, the economic crisis has forced Spain to "fall in sales promotion" of outward weapons. "And that's where, according to Nunez, the Maghreb region is" a common scenario of Spanish sales.
"Jordi Armadans, Oxfam International, has used the press conference to clarify that the" spirit "of the law (also from the EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP), which regulates the export of weapons intended" prevent the situation does not worsen "in a particular country, this argument would have served to curb sales to countries engaged in riots today even before its outbreak. 
"It has been sold to customers are common, but are outside the law" has explained about Jesus Nunez, co-director of the Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action (IECAH), responsible for drafting the report to the NGO coalition . "They should not have made the sales" Nunez continued making use of the Law 53/2007 on Arms Trade determines what conditions must export defense equipment and dual use and prohibiting the sale of material to areas where they can disturb the peace or there is evidence of diversion to neighboring countries.
"The problem is not having sold arms to Libya but this Libya." According to the data handled by the coalition from the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, the countries located in the region involved in the protests, Libya just takes the cake with some exports of 6,926,300 euros .
A game, however, subject to review after opening the department heads Miguel Sebastián a record of revocation. The four NGOs have described this as "positive", but has requested the Government, in the words of Esteban Beltran, Amnesty International, the "confirm" and ensure that is not going to sell more weapons to this country.
Again according to data from the first half of 2010, Libya was still Saudi Arabia, who was defense equipment worth 1.5 million euros, Morocco, with 1.1 million euros, and Tunisia, with 778,480 euros and Egypt, with sales of 464,669 euros. "Spain has the right to defend itself and, therefore, to have a defense industry" has said Jesus Nunez.
"But the arms company they should sound the law 53/2007 on Arms Trade." According to the analysis of the co-director of IECAH, the economic crisis has forced Spain to "fall in sales promotion" of outward weapons. "And that's where, according to Nunez, the Maghreb region is" a common scenario of Spanish sales.
"Jordi Armadans, Oxfam International, has used the press conference to clarify that the" spirit "of the law (also from the EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP), which regulates the export of weapons intended" prevent the situation does not worsen "in a particular country, this argument would have served to curb sales to countries engaged in riots today even before its outbreak.
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