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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.
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Yesterday the European Parliament voted to support a €13 billion budget for shared military Research & Development.
When the British Museum announced that it would hold an Assyria exhibition sponsored by BP we were instantly alarmed. Few companies have done as much damage in the region as BP!
Last month CAAT and the CAAT Universities Network co-hosted a very important meeting at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. The murder of Jamal Khashoggi's has put the UK-Saudi relationship under more scrutiny than ever before. Unfortunately there has been more scrutiny of his murder than of the death and destruction that Saudi
The Danish, German, Dutch and Finnish governments have joined others in pledging to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia
The Saudi military has ordered a halt on the Hodeidah bombing
European parliament has renewed calls for an arms embargo against Saudi forces
This afternoon it was revealed that the former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, accepted £14K worth of hospitality from the Saudi regime.
In a guest blog, Michelle Fahy of the Medical Association for Prevention of War exposes how the UK Royal Family has worked with arms companies and human rights abusers around the world. Many of those arms companies are using the Invictus games in Australia as a promotional vehicle. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have
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