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London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) and East London Against Arms Fairs (ELAAF) members will be descending on this weekend’s Baby Show to highlight the show’s links with the arms trade. The owners of this show are Clarion Events who also own the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair,
A report of London CAAT’s protest at the Clarion-owned Travel Show. Members of London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) descended on the Destinations: Holiday and Travel Show in Earls Court on Saturday, 5 February, to protest about the organiser’s involvement in
Arms export licences from European Union (EU) countries to four troubled north African countries, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, doubled in the year 2008-2009 from €985 million to €2 billion. Exports to Egypt also increased, as they did to the Middle East as a whole. These weapons will inevitably be used by authoritarian governments
Arms export licences from European Union (EU) countries totalled a record €40.3 billion in 2009, up 20 percent on 2008. Just over half (53 percent) of arms sales went to non-western countries, with Middle Eastern countries taking the largest share. France remained the major exporter (€12.7 billion) followed by Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom
London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) members will be descending on this weekend’s Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show to highlight the show’s links with the arms trade. The owners of this show are Clarion Events who also own the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, a biennial event
With Lockheed Martin being a lead contractor for the UK’s 2011 census, Geoff Meaden asks if the data collected will really be secure. In March 2011 Britain’s once-a-decade national census will be carried out. The aim is to record a wide range of information on every person in every household in
Druid Cycles against London arms fair – Excel Centre – January 2011 Druid Cycles is a bicycle repair community interest company (CIC) based in south London with a green approach, focusing on recycling and repair. They tell us why they feel so strongly about the
Why did Lord Green take the Trade Minister post when he clearly had problems with the ethics of arms sales? Kaye Stearman ruminates on ethics, religion and arms sales. What started out green, then rapidly turned yellow, white and red?. No, it's not a chameleon. It's the new UK Trade Minister. Why? Well, he is called Green, quickly turned yellow, waved
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