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CAAT has condemned as shameful the UK government continued eagerness to sell arms to the authoritarian regime of Saudi Arabia, despite their worsening human rights situation and almost complete lack of democratic institutions.
This blog is reposted with kind permission from Life requires Freedom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C90zaGS8iiY Today (14/05/13) the UK Trade and Investment: Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) held a symposium at the BIS conference centre in Westminster, London. In order to facilitate the networking of UK small and medium-sized arms enterprises with larger companies and to
A British arms sales team from UKTI DSO has been promoting weapons exports to Bahrain while a senior commander in Bahrain's Royal Guard toured Counter Terror Expo in London 2013 seeking the latest technologies to employ against democracy protesters.
CAAT condemns the UK government's arms export drive to the United Arab Emirates on the eve of a state visit to the UK by Sheikh Khalifa.
Campaigners in London marked the third annual Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) today (15 April) with a protest outside the Houses of Parliament against continuing high levels of military spending while cuts are implemented in health, education, welfare and other areas.
The news from Saudi Arabia that the authorities intend to surgically paralyse a young man as a judicial punishment has led to worldwide revulsion. The logic behind the punishment is that ten years earlier Ali al-Khawahir had stabbed a friend in the back resulting in his paralysis and therefore should
Image: credit Geoff Woolf
CAAT condemns the forthcoming official visit of Prince Charles to Saudi Arabia because it openly supports a deeply repressive and abusive regime and promotes the already strong military ties between the UK and Saudi Arabia.
We’ve found arms trade events in some unlikely locations before ... but finding the Gala Dinner for an arms fair in a Cathedral probably tops the bill. Guildford Cathedral hosted Security & Policing’s “exclusive networking dinner” in 2012 and it was booked again for 2013.
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