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Today, Wednesday 24th November, Indonesia hosts its first ever arms fair in Jakarta, with over 250 companies attending [1] including UK based Rolls-Royce [2] and a subsidiary of BAE Systems, Atlas Elektronik [3]. Arms from UK based companies have been used against civilians and insurgents in the conflicts of West Papua and Aceh. Campaigners
An opinion poll for Campaign Against Arms Trade, published today Monday 22 November 2004, shows majority support for a ban on arms exports. Of those questioned 44% said we should not sell military equipment to other countries, while 35% disagreed[1]. Currently the Government allows arms to be exported to many other countries, including countries
Today, Thursday 28 October 2004, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published its Strategic Export Controls Quaterly Report for April – June 2004. The report shows licences have been issued for substantial shipments of small arms to Iraq (including 21,428 semi-automatic pistols) and other military equipment to Libya.[1] Both countries’ embargoes were lifted recently after
Photo call: At 11am outside Defence Export Services Organisation[1], St George’s Court, Bury Place, London, WC1A. Four whimsical civil servant look-a-likes with missiles (stage props) will hold aloft a giant banner reading Stop Government Promotion of Arms Company Exports. Civil servants will also hold placards saying I promote arms exports in the civil service
Photo-call: A Tony Blair look-a-like will deliver a giant cheque for £888 million, representing the export subsidies given to UK arms companies, at 11 am on Monday 19 July 2004 at the pedestrian entrance to Farnborough Airfield in Hampshire (Gate B – or Dairy Gate between Pinehurst Roundabout and Queen’s Roundabout on the A325
The Government’s Annual Report on the UK’s Strategic Export Controls in 2003, published today, reveals that, yet again, the UK arms the world’s trouble spots. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s strategy paper predicts that for the next ten years: Serious flashpoints are likely to remain and may intensify between India and Pakistan,
Campaign Against Arms Trade Christian Network and Pax Christi To mark International Day for Children as Victims of War on 4th June, the Campaign Against Arms Trade Christian network and Pax Christi, the international Catholic movement for peace, are organising a pilgrimage of prayer and protest to Government departments involved in the global arms
Campaign Against Arms Trade and TAPOL (Indonesian Human Rights Campaign) A committee of MPs has accused the Government of failing to investigate claims that British-built military equipment has been used in violation of human rights or for offensive purposes in the Indonesian province of Aceh. The Quadripartite Committee on Strategic
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