Newly uncovered videos and images show Canadian-made sniper rifles in the hands of Sudanese paramilitary fighters and a Libyan militia, as well as openly advertised online by Yemeni arms dealers, according to a CBC News visual investigation.
Sudan and Libya are both under Canadian arms embargoes, while Yemen faces targeted sanctions, precisely because they are home to groups known for committing widespread human rights abuses, torture and mass killings.
“If Canada was doing enough then we wouldn’t see a pattern of the illicit diversion of Canadian weapons systems in violation of UN arms embargoes,” said Kelsey Gallagher of Project Ploughshares, a Canadian peace research institute, reacting to CBC’s findings.
Canada supplies Ukraine with sniper rifles of various makes.
However I’m sure there are multiple routes to conflict zones.
