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Global arms trade comes into focus on Saudi role in Khashoggi killing

Protesters urged more attention to global weapons sales in the wake of a journalist's murder in a Saudi consulate at Istanbul.

Protesters against global arms sales outside the Swiss Parliament Building
Protesters against global arms sales outside the Swiss Parliament Building (AN/J. Heilprin)

BERN, Switzerland — Despite their small numbers, protesters in the Swiss capital reflected a growing confluence of concerns over global weapons sales and the murder of a Saudi dissident journalist.

Outside the U.S. Embassy in Bern and Swiss Parliament Building, about a half-dozen activists gathered to hold signs to protest the role of global weapons sales in aggravating international conflicts amid the global uproar over Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's apparent murder.

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