No more excuses, the UK must end arms exports to Saudi Arabia now
Saudi-led coalition bombing of funeral in Yemen this weekend believed to have killed over 150 people.
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Saudi-led coalition bombing of funeral in Yemen this weekend believed to have killed over 150 people.
CAAT's Ann Feltham reports on arms industry lobbying for EU subsidies, and the campaign to stop it. The European Union had its genesis in the vision of post-World War Two leaders who believed that uniting countries economically would end the bloody wars between European neighbours. Military matters were not part of it, being seen as the province of
Two of the committees on the Committees on Arms Export Controls have called for an immediate ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
On Newsnight on Wednesday night, it was revealed that two MPs on the Committee on Arms Export Controls (Crispin Blunt MP and John Spellar MP) are lobbying to dilute the contents of a report that was set to call for a halt to arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
Cross-party committee of MPs question legality of arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
Boris Johnson refuses to suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia despite widespread allegations that Saudi forces are breaking international humanitarian law in Yemen.
The second annual Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference was held in Geneva in August 2016. CAAT's Parliamentary Coordinator Ann Feltham was there, and reports on how this new treaty's progress compares to the hype.
Activists block factory of Israeli drone company. Hundreds of cyclists and their supporters who blockaded a Midlands factory in protest at its sale of drones used by the Israeli military have vowed "We'll be back." The Big Ride for Palestine staged four feeder rides from London, Bristol, Manchester and
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