New legal challenge launched!
CAAT has launched a new legal challenge to stop the sale of UK weapons for use in the war in Yemen. Our action continues until we stop these sales once and for all.
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CAAT files new Judicial Review application against decision to renew arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has filed a Judicial Review application into the legality of the UK government's decision to renew arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition that is bombing Yemen: "The government may think that the widespread destruction of schools, hospitals and homes can be dismissed as 'isolated incidents' but we do not."
UK military agreement with Qatar shows “flagrant disregard for human rights”
Defence agreement between Qatar and UK will deepen military relationship Agreement offers UK base for Qatari air force Since 20105 the UK has licensed at least £540 million worth of arms to Qatar Campaign Against Arms Trade has condemned a new military agreement between the UK and Qatar. The agreement, which was
New stats show UK Government is the second biggest arms dealer in the world
UK stats show UK was second biggest arms exporter in the world from 2010-2019, with £86 billion worth of arms sales Almost 60% of sales went to the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia being by far the largest buyer UK-made weapons have played a central role in the Saudi-led bombardment of Yemen New figures,
UK has given £1 billion in aid to Yemen, but has licensed £6.5 billion worth of arms to countries bombing it
Value of UK arms sales to coalition bombing Yemen is at least 6.5 times higher than value of aid Saudi-led forces are using UK-made fighter jets, bombs and missiles in ongoing bombardment UK Parliament to debate crisis in Yemen later today Ahead of a House of Commons debate later today, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)
UK armed forces providing training for some of the world’s most repressive regimes
UK has provided military training for 18 countries on Foreign Office list of ‘human rights priority countries’ since 2018 Militaries receiving training include Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel and Kazakhstan Training for repressive regimes include commando training,
Feed in to the government review of security policy
The UK Cabinet Office is in the final week of calls for evidence to its ‘Integrated Review’ – a major overhaul of its military, security, foreign and international development policy. The Prime Minister describes it as “the biggest assessment of Britain’s place in the world since the end of the Cold War”,
Stop Arming Israel: Take Action against HSBC, Saturday 22 August
6 years ago Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza killed over 2,200 Palestinians, nearly a quarter of them children. Attacking densely populated civilian areas, it destroyed 18,000 residential units, and left over 100,000 Palestinians homeless. Even in the face of widespread condemnation of Israel’s deliberate targeting of civilians by the UN, Human Rights Watch,
