A group of NGOs has said they will sue the Danish state to end the Nordic country’s arms exports to Israel, citing concerns that its weapons were being used to commit serious crimes against civilians during the fighting in Gaza, Reuters reports.
Amnesty International Denmark, Oxfam Denmark, MS Action Aid and Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq in a joint statement said they will sue the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Police, which approves Danish sales of weapons and military equipment. They said they would file the lawsuit to a yet unspecified court within the next three weeks.
“For five months we have been talking about a potential genocide in Gaza, but we have not seen politicians take action,” Tim Whyte, Secretary General of MS Action, said in a statement.