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UK Government ignoring regulations on regional stability, human rights and military spending Campaigners believe that a multi-billion pound deal to supply Saudi Arabia with Typhoon fighter jets, announced today by the UK Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems, could breach the UKs own arms trade rules. These are supposed to prohibit arms sales which
Five UK NGOs have expressed fears about proposals quietly announced yesterday [20 December] to remove long-standing anti-sleaze rules, and to abolish the Government’s anti-sleaze watchdog, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. In a highly critical statement the organisations argue that the proposals will make it easier for influential business sectors like the arms and
London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has announced that it is to sell all of its investments in arms companies as a direct result of public disclosures by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), and pressure from staff and lecturers. On Tuesday morning (8th Nov) SOAS’ Director of Finance and
New study finds nearly half of polled universities invest in arms trade The most comprehensive national study ever undertaken into the financial connections between Britain’s universities and arms companies has revealed that at least 67 of the UK’s universities and colleges – 45% of the institutions for which information could be obtained – are
An extensive network of political influence wielded by arms companies over New Labour policy-making is highlighted by new revelations that Tony Blair has held secret talks with Saudi Arabia in pursuit of a £40bn arms deal, against dissent from the Foreign Office and the Serious Fraud Office. Recent research by the Campaign Against Arms Trade
Government invitations include 7 countries from their own list of world’s top 20 human rights abusers The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) yesterday revealed that it has invited China, subject to an EU arms embargo, to shop for weapons at Europe’s largest arms fair. DSEI (Defence Systems & Equipment International), opens in London on
Reed Elsevier told to stop organising London weapons fair Tomorrow (10 September) The Lancet, arguably the world’s most prestigious medical journal, publishes a public letter calling on The Lancet‘s owner, information giant Reed Elsevier, to end its involvement in the international arms trade. The letter is signed by senior doctors and public health experts
Government admits it doesn’t know the destination of 75% of UK military exports A new report presented to Parliament today reveals that in 2004 the UK armed both sides of some of the world’s most serious conflict zones, in contradiction to the Government’s own arms control criteria. Meanwhile, the accountability of the UK’s arms
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