Theresa May Saudi Arabia visit: UK has licensed £4.6 billion worth of arms to the Saudi regime since the bombardment of Yemen began
Theresa May is visiting Saudi Arabia as part of a three day tour of the region
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Time to act on Yemen
Protesters at this year's DSEI arms fair blocked deliveries of weapons calling for an end to arms sales to Saudi What is happening in Yemen should be plastered across every UK newspaper, every day. Saudi forces are using UK-supplied weapons to destroy vital civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, water supplies and
Free Nabeel Rajab, Free the family of Sayed Alwadaei, Stop torture in Bahrain
Sayed Alwadaei speaking about reprisals against his family by the Bahraini state. On 21st November, CAAT was proud to join Bahraini activists and supporters from around the UK to protest against the ongoing crackdown and repression in Bahrain. We were saying, free human rights campaigners, such as Nabeel Rajab, free the
Campaigners protest outside Bahrain embassy in London to call on regime to end attacks on human rights campaigners
Protest outside Bahrain embassy in London this morning, calling on regime to end attacks on the family of Sayed Alwadaei, a UK citizen that has been targeted by the regime.
The Saudi-led blockade has taken Yemen to the edge of the world’s largest famine – UK arms are still flowing to the regime
UN agencies have called on Saudi Arabia to lift the ongoing blockade of Yemen .
Huge increase in value of bombs and missiles licensed to Saudi Arabia by UK since war in Yemen began
Arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the first two years of the bombing of Yemen reach £4.6 billion
How the arms industry is hijacking EU policy
A new report "Securing Profits: How the arms lobby is hijacking Europe’s defence policy" by Bram Vranken of the Flemish peace organisation Vredesactie documents the symbiotic relationship between arms industry lobby and the European Union.
CAAT response to Defence Secretary’s call for Parliament to stop criticising Saudi regime in order to sell more weapons
UN report accuses Saudi-led forces of killing and maiming 683 children and bombing 38 schools and hospitals in Yemen in 2016.
