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Tomorrow, on 7 December, UK campaigning organisation Campaign against Arms Trade (CAAT) will be presented with a 2012 Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish Parliament. CAAT's acceptance speech will highlight the hypocrisy of a UK government which claims to support human rights, while promoting weapons sales to repressive regimes.
Today, 30 November 2012, the Indonesian people are due to pay the UK government £27 million. Of this, £20 million is for arms sales to past dictator General Suharto.
Human rights and anti-arms trade campaigners have welcomed a hard hitting report of an All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry which recommends widespread changes to UK Export Finance, the government department which provides financial support for British exporters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cesR_oJ2UuY Yesterday around 200 arms dealers from the ‘defence’ sector of the aerospace industry and their guests (military ‘top brass’ and high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Defence and foreign embassies) gathered for a dinner. At these events companies that manufacture and sell weapons entertain their clients, network and promote their
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has criticised David Cameron for using inflated jobs figures to justify arms sales
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has criticised David Cameron for promoting arms sales to authoritarian regimes in the Middle East
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is calling for determined action to protect public decision-making from the inappropriate, behind-the-scenes influence of arms companies.
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) welcomes the report of the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC), released today, on its overview of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) human rights work in 2011. CAAT has consistently focused attention on UK arms sales to the repressive regimes in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Libya. While
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