Campaigners welcome the European Parliament’s call for an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed the European Parliament's vote to support an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia.
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London Underground subvertised for Israeli Apartheid Week
If you were in London this weekend and travelled on the Underground, you may have spotted some adverts exposing the UK's complicity in Israel's crimes against Palestinian people.
The Government’s Proposal to Ban Ethical Boycotts Is an Attack on Local Democracy
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has condemned the government's announcement that it intends to ban local authorities in England from pursuing procurment policies that boycott companies on ethical grounds.
Arms dealers feast while Yemen starves
A few hours after the International Development Committee called for a suspension of arms sales to Saudi, the arms industry body (ADS) was praising defence minister Michael Fallon for his “tremendous support” at its £250/a head annual dinner at the Hilton.
Campaigners welcome International Development Committee call for a suspension of arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed the International Development Committee's call for the UK to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and end its opposition to calls for an independent international inquiry into allegations of alleged abuses of international humanitarian law in Yemen.
Resisting police militarisation in the US
The lines between policing, the army and ‘security’ are becoming blurred and 'counter-terrorism' is being used to clampdown on civil liberties. In the US, a coalition has been taking action against the militarisation of police and institutionalised racism by targeting a major arms fair: Urban Shield.
Letter before action sent as threat of legal action over arms export licences to Saudi Arabia increases
Law firm Leigh Day, representing Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has issued a pre-action protocol letter for judicial review challenging the government's decision to export arms to Saudi Arabia.
Mass execution and the bombing on Yemen show why UK must stop arming Saudi Arabia
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called for the UK government to condemn the recent execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia in the strongest terms and end all arms sales to the regime.
