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International pressure may have caused the Saudi government to review the 1000 lash sentence given to blogger Raif Badawi, but it is only the latest reminder of the regime's brutality.
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International pressure may have caused the Saudi government to review the 1000 lash sentence given to blogger Raif Badawi, but it is only the latest reminder of the regime's brutality.
This blog comes from Chris Cole of Drone Wars UK, who was among four protesters that were arrested at RAF Waddington for protesting against drone warfare. Four protesters (including myself) were arrested at RAF Waddington for protesting the normalisation of drone warfare. In a statement released at the time
Deception in High Places by Nicholas Gilby In this blog anti arms trade writer and campaigner Nicholas Gilby, author of Deception in High Places - A History of Bribery In Britain's Arms Trade, analyses misconceptions about the arms trade treaty. The Arms Trade Treaty came into force on
A Coventry-based activist shares his story of arms trade investments, cluster bombs, and challenging the world's largest arms dealers with Blu-Tack. If you've got something right under your nose, it gives you the opportunity to confront the reality of the arms trade in a way that cannot be dismissed as 'none of our business'. It also
On 5 December 2014, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) announced that a new defence arrangement will establish a permanent naval base for the United Kingdom in Bahrain.
Yesterday, anti arms-trade campaigners occupied the office of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, the owners of Clarion Events.
New government figures collated by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), show that the UK approved £7 million worth of military licences to Israel during the six months leading up to the recent bombing of Gaza.
As the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrives in the UK for meetings with David Cameron and the Queen, Campaign Against Arms Trade is calling for the UK to end all arms sales to the authoritarian state.
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