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Members of the Christian Network of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) will join a public protest tomorrow at the AGM of BAE Systems. The demonstration will call for the reopening of a corruption inquiry into BAE’s arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Demonstrators will insist that Government intervention to end the inquiry is a blatant
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has predicted widespread support for a public protest to be held tomorrow at the AGM of BAE Systems. The demonstration will call for the reopening of a corruption inquiry into BAE’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Demonstrators will insist that Government intervention to end the inquiry is a blatant
I used to live, for several years, in Eastern Europe. I have since resigned myself to the fact that there probably is a nice little folder with my name on it somewhere in the Belarussian KGB archives documenting most of my life (where I went, conversations I had etc.) in Minsk. It’s a chilling thought.
CAAT and The Corner House lodge full grounds for judicial review of Serious Fraud Office decision to terminate investigation into Saudi arms deal Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House yesterday lodged the full grounds[1] for their judicial review of the UK Government’s controversial decision in December last year to terminate a Serious
I am from Cornwall and doing two weeks work experience with CAAT as part of my degree course in journalism. Its only my second day at CAAT but so far its been very exciting being in London. Yesterday we held a protest outside the AGM meeting of Reed Elsevier who run arms fairs as a subsidiary
BAE Systems have admitted paying a private investigation agency to gather information on activists and groups including Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). BAE paid £2,500 per month to LigneDeux Associates, whose agent Paul Mercer passed information about CAAT to BAE’s Director of Security, Mike McGinty. BAE insist that they expected Paul Mercer to operate within
Reed Elsevier’s board today struggled to defend their reputation at an AGM dominated by criticism of their role in the arms trade. Reed is best known as an academic and medical publisher but most questions concentrated on their subsidiary business running arms fairs. Meanwhile academics, medics and students joined Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)
A sobering reminder of why opposing the international arms trade and working for de-militarisation across the world is increasingly vital was provided to me today. The latest report published by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows the catastrophic effects on the world that climate change is seemingly certain to have. There are
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