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2012 will see the UK government send arms trade missions to countries who use violent repression against protestors. Countries include traditional customers such as Saudi Arabia and Libya as well as less prominent markets, including Kazakhstan and Nigeria. Mission delegations include arms companies executives and are organised by UK Trade & Investment Defence &Security Organisation
Courts throughout the UK are prosecuting individuals whose only crime is to refuse to fill out the 2011 census form because of the involvement of arms giant Lockheed Martin. The refusers face a fine and possible jail sentence for their actions. Lockheed Martin is based in the US and was contracted to process census data
CAAT welcomes the report of the International Development Committee on Financial Crime and Development, which castigates arms giant BAE Systems for its unwillingness to pay £29.5 million in reparations to the government of Tanzania, as mandated by a UK court.
Chris under arrest at DSEI 2011 On Tuesday September 13th, Kirk Jackson and Chris Cole were arrested for taking part in demonstrations against the world's largest arms fair – DSEI, which takes place every two years at the ExCeL exhibition centre in East London. In this article, Kirk and Chris talk
Aneaka Kellay of the Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (CADU) explains why the UK government should stop its support for depleted uranium munitions and take responsibility for the contamination caused by their past use. On 8 November campaigners dumped 2.3 tonnes of imitation "depleted uranium" (DU) dust on the steps of
Anti-arms trade activists will demonstrate outside an industry conference on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - commonly known as drones - on Wednesday 16 November. The protest is organised by Drone Wars and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Universities' Network.
The conflict in Libya has only just ended but already the UK government is preparing to sell arms to the new government, just as it did to the Gaddafi regime. Business, Innovation and Skills Minister Mark Prisk has revealed that UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) would send a trade mission
The UK government should go beyond the call for an Olympic truce and take steps to end the arms trade says Kaye Stearman. It's good to see the UK government leading the call for a worldwide truce during the 2012 London Olympics. UK
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