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Activists celebrate the Court judgment ruling arms sales to Saudi unlawful Blogs

UK arms sales to Saudi for use in Yemen ruled unlawful

In the last few minutes the Court of Appeal has ruled that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen are unlawful. Activists celebrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice as the verdict is announced. Credit: Darren Johnson The Court of Appeal concluded that it was ‘irrational and therefore unlawful’ for the

Combat aircraft taking off from a runway Blogs

A view from inside the UK’s biggest arms company

Every year, CAAT activists attend the Annual General Meeting of the UK’s biggest arms company, BAE Systems. We do this so that we can challenge the Board face to face and expose the hypocrisy and greed at the heart of the arms trade. One campaigner who attended this year was Arabian activist, Ameen Nemer. Here

Protesters outside Downing Street Blogs

#SaudiPrinceNotWelcome – Our Open Letter

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, principal architect of the war on Yemen which has devastated the country and caused what the UN has called a “humanitarian catastrophe”, has been invited to the UK. On 25th January, Lucie Kinchin from CAAT joined with representatives from other NGOs and human rights organisations to hand in an

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