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Stop The Shipment campaign succeeds as South Korea ends tear gas sales to Bahrain The Stop The Shipment campaign was launched in October to prevent a massive shipment of over 1.6 million rounds of tear gas from South Korea to Bahrain. CAAT supporters worked with Bahraini and South Korean activists to put pressure on the
Activists in Seoul have drawn on some of the actions we had organised at DSEI - and improved them! South Korean activists even used some of the same slogans so that if any arms dealers who had been at DSEI also went to Seoul, they would know that “we are everywhere”.
Arms dealers access to the site was somewhat impeded by the protest Companies attending Wednesday’s ‘Defence, Procurement, Research, Technology and Exportation’ event were greeted by queues trailing back along the A4174 as protesters blocked the UWE North Entrance. One gate was eventually locked and attendees forced to use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBX35XRmZqY We were there to greet them, but where were the arms dealers? Turns out direct action at the last arms dealers' breakfast at the Savile Club was enough to put them off! In July, the Chamber of Commerce hosted a Defence Breakfast at the Savile Club in Mayfair.
Paediatrician Dr Samira Al'aani examining another case at Fallujah General Hospital. During the occupation of Iraq, the city of Fallujah bore witness to some of the most intense US combat operations since Vietnam, with 2004’s Operation Phantom Fury widely condemned for its ferocity and disregard for
Image: From CADU
Rebecca with her toddler Ivy on her bike trailer - getting in practice for the Sprint Triathlon. It’s true. I care more about peace and fair food than I do about my own fitness or figure. I am utterly in awe of people that run…swim… cycle… simply for the joy
CAAT joined NESEHNUTÍ as part of their campaign to raise awareness of the Czech arms trade, participating in Different Fest, their anti-arms trade festival, challenging Brno's IDET arms fair.
On 9 July, arms dealers gathered for a breakfast briefing which promised “to help you expand your network of contacts” and “promote your business”. It is part of a series of gatherings which let arms dealers meet with each other and their customers. These events set the agenda for the UK’s exorbitant military spending
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