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Journalists within Saudi often face persecution, but two Saudi nationals based in the UK have started a new media channel with the aim of "building bridges between the people of Arabia and the people around the world". Their first post to inaugurate the channel is a report on a recent meeting on arms sales to
On March 28th 2017, the DPRTE arms fair will return to the Motopoint Arena in Cardiff for the third time. Join a day of action against the arms fair on 28 March, and show the arms industry there's no welcome for it in Wales.
In November 2016, activists in Aoteara/New Zealand were on the streets to target a weapons expo in Auckland, and arms dealers found themselves locked out of the venue by the blockades. Here they explain the tactics that they have used to confront the arms trade.
Poll of 2000 UK adults finds 62% oppose arms sales to Saudi Arabia, with only 11% supporting them.
CAAT researcher Joe Lo reports from the arms industry's glitziest annual dinner An arms dealer’s social calendar is a busy one – filled with champagne receptions and three-course dinners which are often enjoyed in the company of politicians and civil servants, the people whose job it is to represent us and spend our money. While
Andrea Needham writes: On 29 January 1996, I was one of a group of women who disarmed a Hawk warplane at BAE's Warton factory in Lancashire. The plane was destined for Indonesia, where it would be used in the ongoing occupation and genocide in East Timor. Exactly 21 years later, and now in the era of social
On 7, 8 and 10 of February the High Court in London will consider legality of arms exports to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
Activists released on bail after attempt to disarm BAE fighter jets bound for Saudi Arabia. Daniel Woodhouse, a Methodist minister from Leeds, and Quaker activist Sam Walton have been released on bail pending charges after breaking into BAE’s Warton site. The pair were arrested at BAE Systems’ airbase in Warton, Lancashire, in the early hours of
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