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Government given permission to appeal Court of Appeal verdict that it acted ‘irrationally’ and ‘unlawfully’ in allowing arms sales to Saudi
In the last few minutes the Court of Appeal has ruled that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen are unlawful. The Court of Appeal concluded that it was ‘irrational and therefore unlawful’ for the Secretary of State for International Trade to have granted licences without making any
Court of Appeal rules Saudi Arabia arms sales illegal
Pictures from the ground suggest UK-made CS Grenades are being used by the police against protesters,
The US President, Donald Trump, arrived in the UK this morning for a state visit.
Every year, CAAT activists attend the Annual General Meeting of the UK’s biggest arms company, BAE Systems. We do this so that we can challenge the Board face to face and expose the hypocrisy and greed at the heart of the arms trade. One campaigner who attended this year was Arabian activist, Ameen Nemer. Here
King Hamad of Bahrain is in UK for Windsor Horseshow at invitation of Queen Elizabeth
World military spending is going up, according to data released this week by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the most authoritative and comprehensive international source on military expenditure.1 According to SIPRI, the world total increased by 2.6% in real, inflation-adjusted terms,
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