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CAAT welcomes the report of the International Development Committee on Financial Crime and Development, which castigates arms giant BAE Systems for its unwillingness to pay £29.5 million in reparations to the government of Tanzania, as mandated by a UK court.
Anti-arms trade activists will demonstrate outside an industry conference on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - commonly known as drones - on Wednesday 16 November. The protest is organised by Drone Wars and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Universities' Network.
The conflict in Libya has only just ended but already the UK government is preparing to sell arms to the new government, just as it did to the Gaddafi regime. Business, Innovation and Skills Minister Mark Prisk has revealed that UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) would send a trade mission
The 2011-12 academic year will see anti-arms trade campaigners intensify efforts to kick arms companies off university campuses. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Universities' Network will be supporting students, staff and academics to Ban BAE and other arms companies from all aspects of university life.
Anti-arms trade campaigners have launched a media blitz in East London to protest against the forthcoming arms fair at the ExCeL Centre. Newham Adversary is a one-off special edition newspaper which highlights the unethical nature of the arms trade and the horrors of conflict.
Representatives of the arms industry are to speak at a London Chamber of Commerce (LCC) seminar that openly extols the further potential of selling arms to repressive regimes in the Middle East. Scheduled for Thursday 8 September, Middle East: A vast market for UK Defence and security companies features speakers from UK Trade & Industry
Christian communities throughout the country take part ina Day of Prayer on Sunday 11 September two days before the opening of one of the world's largest arms fairs, Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI), in London's Docklands. The Day of Prayer will take place on the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers
CAAT's lawyers have written to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) declaring their intention to request a judicial review of his department's failure to revoke any licences for the export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia.
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