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Blogs

How to shut down an arms fair

22nd August 2011

It’s easy to lose hope when facing down such huge monsters as the global arms trade. But the AIDEX story shows that popular protest and people power can, and does, work.

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Arms fairs
Egypt
Government promotion
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Blogs

Why does the West continue to arm authoritarian regimes?

3rd August 2011

Karim Malak from Egypt reports on an incident on Armed Forces day, 23 July 2011. On 23 July 2011 the Egyptian military cautiously began marking Armed Forces day. The night before, the military had issued a communique on their facebook page incriminating 6 April, a large civil society organisation and opposition movement.

Egypt