Government has shown it cannot be trusted to uphold Court ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia – there must be an arms embargo
Government has shown it cannot be trusted to uphold Court ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia - there must be an arms embargo
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Government has shown it cannot be trusted to uphold Court ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia - there must be an arms embargo
UK Government issues apology after failing to comply with Court ruling on arms sales to Saudi for use in Yemen
At the arms fair, arms companies don't just promote weapons of war that fuel conflict and oppression, they also show off the latest in technology that governments can use to toughen up their borders when people are forced to flee - warships to patrol the seas, surveillance equipment and security fencing.
The DSEI arms fair opens at the Excel Centre in East London tomorrow
The Festival of Resistance brought local and global activists together to #StopDSEI. We were honoured to hear from activists from all over the world, including Brazil, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Sudan, on the importance of international solidarity.
The struggle for climate justice and the struggle to end the arms trade are closely intertwined. When fossil fuel resources are extracted, land captured, and communities displaced by governments and fossil fuel companies, it is arms that make it possible.
An academic conference with a difference! Students, academics & community organisers are (un)/learning from each other, whilst protesting at the gates of an arms fair. "We want the arms trade to be exposed for what it is – a system that upholds racist, colonial, patriarchal, oppressive systems"
Day three of the #StopDSEI protests saw a morning of back-to-back successful blockades of both entrances to the DSEI site, meaning vehicles carrying weapons and equipment were blocked from getting in.
CAAT would not exist without its supporters. Each new supporter helps us strengthen our call for an end to the international arms trade.
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