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London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) members will be indulging their artistic side at the International Fine Art & Antiques Fair this Saturday. The fair is organised by Clarion Events, who own the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, a biennial event that takes place in east London at the ExCeL Centre.

Modgala, a Buddhist nun working with the Amida Trust, speaks to Kat Hobbs of CAAT about taking action at the DSEI arms fair in 2001 and what action she will take at DSEI 2011. Why take action? Modgala at a festival “I'm in favour

Spirit of Summer fair - Blood bath A report on London Campaign Against Arms Trade action at the DSEI owner's Spirit of Summer Fair. London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) members brought their own blood bath to the Spirit of Summer Fair to protest

London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) members will be channelling the spirit of summer this Saturday as they protest outside the Spirit of Summer Fair. The owners of this fair are Clarion Events, who also own the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, a biennial event that takes place in east London,

"Am I not a man and a brother" – anti-slavery image Henry Boddington explores the parallels between the slave trade and the arms trade and explains why ending the arms trade should be a priority for today's world.  In 1769  the slave, James Somersett was brought to England. He was

The UK government continued to licence significant amounts of arms for export to Libya till the end of 2010. The figures are contained in the 2010 fourth quarter listings in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Strategic Export Control Reports

CAAT welcomes the report of the Parliamentary Committee of Arms Export Controls and calls for a review to include government arms export promotion activity.

CAAT strongly opposes any moves by the UK, other countries or NATO to break the current arms embargo on Libya by sending arms to forces opposing the regime of Colonel Gaddafi.