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On Saturday 31 March, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) with Stop the Arms Fair coalition launches a campaign to urge the National Gallery to end its links with the arms trade. The National Gallery, one of the UK's most iconic public institutions, receives funding from arms giant Finmeccanica and in return allows its famous galleries
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has questioned the Foreign Office on UK arms sales to Ethiopia, as fighting flares on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Between the beginning of 2008 and September 2011, the UK licensed military and dual use equipment for export to Ethiopia to the value of over £1.2 million - with
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has challenged the government to explain why it continues to licence weapons for export to Sri Lanka, as a Channel 4 documentary reveals further evidence of war crimes by the Sri Lankan military. Since the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009, the UK
CAAT protests continuing arms sales to Bahrain. CAAT protesters outside BIS Since the New Year, at least ten people have been killed by security forces in Bahrain. Three were killed in custody. Others suffocated on tear gas, which has been fired into people's homes where they can't escape. We have
Anti-arms trade activists demonstrated today against UK arms exports to Bahrain outside the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) in Victoria Street. BIS is the government department which granted licences to export military equipment to Bahrain and which houses UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO), the government's arms promotion unit.
In the year after the revolution in Egypt began in January 2001, those calling for democracy were put through military trials, tortured and killed. Yet the UK continued arming the regime. In January 2012 we delivered a petition of over 7,000 signatures to the Foreign Office before joining a vigil outside the Egyptian Embassy,
On Wednesday 25 January, anti-arms trade campaigners will present a petition at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) calling on the UK government to end arms sales to repressive regimes. The day marks the first anniversary of the beginning of the popular uprising in Egypt which resulted in the overthrow of the Mubarak government despite
Supporters at Westminister Magistrates Court Anti-arms trade campaigner Chris Cole arrived at Westminister Magistrates Court ahead of time to defend himself against a charge of criminal damage outside the DSEI arms fair. He was accompanied by supporters who held a small demonstration outside the court. Fellow anti-arms trade
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