UK selling tens of millions of pounds worth of arms to India and Pakistan
Last night India carried our air strikes in Pakistan. These followed years of tensions and the killing of 40 soldiers.
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UK aid to Yemen: The best thing May can do for Yemen is to stop arming the Saudi regime
UK Government has pledged £200 million in aid for Yemen.’
German Government right to resist UK pressure on arms sales to Saudi Arabia
UK and Saudi Governments are putting pressure on Germany to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia following suspension in 2018.’
CAAT response to House of Lords report on arms to Saudi: CAAT believes these arms sales are “immoral and illegal””
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has responded to the House of Lords International Relations Committee’s report which examines the legality of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.’
CAAT reaction to Gavin Williamson speech: “more of the same failed policies that have done so much damage”
Campaign Against Arms Trade has responded to this morning’s speech by the Secretary of State for Defence, Gavin Williamson. The speech focused on the supposed need for “hard power” and increased ‘lethality.’
Protest TONIGHT as former Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, addresses "arms dealers' dinner" in London
A protest will take place from 18:30 this evening outside Grosvenor House in Park Lane, London, when it hosts the Aerospace, Defence & Security Group's (ADS) annual dinner.
European Parliament votes to give €13 billion subsidy to arms companies via European Defence Fund
Yesterday the European Parliament voted to support a €13 billion budget for shared military Research & Development.
More European governments promise to stop arming Saudi Arabia: the UK must do the same
The Danish, German, Dutch and Finnish governments have joined others in pledging to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia
