
Whistleblower testimony shows UK arms export control system is rotten to its core
This has to be the wake up call to take action and demand systemic change to our arms export licensing system.
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This has to be the wake up call to take action and demand systemic change to our arms export licensing system.
CAAT supporters ensured those attending did not dine in peace.
The people attending this dinner are dining on the profits of genocide. This disgusting event is nothing more than a lobbying opportunity for war criminals.
Now is the time to keep up the pressure. Israel is still committing genocide with the full complicity of our government. We need to keep demanding a full two-way arms embargo. A genuine, long-lasting peace can only be achieved when we stop the flow of arms sales.
On 13th January, campaigners across the south west stopped business at Gooch and Housego’s (G&H) Artemis site in Plymouth. The action marks the start of a new campaign – Shut Down G&H – committed to shutting down a company that’s deeply complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza According to research by Campaign Against Arms Trade, G&H,
Here we share some of the highlights, as a reminder of all that you help us to achieve in 2024. It was the year we turned 50 and has been one of our busiest: more talks and media appearances given than ever and participating in many diverse, non-violent direct actions against the arms trade.
Business and Trade Committee Chair Liam Byrne concluded that he was not convinced by the Ministers’ explanation of how the exemption of F-35 jet parts from the recent suspension of around 30 arms licences to Israel, could be compatible with the UK’s legal obligations under the Arms Trade Treaty. Components exported from the UK for
In December 2023 the largest single arms licence to Egypt on record was issued for military radars worth £79,347,022. Since British national and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah was detained in September 2019 the UK has licensed at least £237 million worth of arms to Egypt. Alaa’s mother, Laila Soueif, has been on hunger
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