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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has responded to the House of Lords International Relations Committee’s report which examines the legality of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.’
Campaign Against Arms Trade has responded to this morning’s speech by the Secretary of State for Defence, Gavin Williamson. The speech focused on the supposed need for “hard power” and increased ‘lethality.’
The DPRTE arms fair was moved to Birmingham after energetic protest and objections from locals drove it out of Cardiff ... now the threat of protest in Birmingham has forced the event to move before it even opens!
Mel Strickland is one of 15 activists that blocked a government deportation flight chartered to transport people for repatriation to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone . The activists were charged and convicted under repressive “antiterror” legislation, and could face years in prison. CAAT stands in solidarity with the activists as they appeal the appalling verdict. Read more
A protest will take place from 18:30 this evening outside Grosvenor House in Park Lane, London, when it hosts the Aerospace, Defence & Security Group's (ADS) annual dinner.
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
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