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From 8-11 September, London’s ExCeL centre will host over 1,000 companies and 25,000 arms dealers at the London arms fair. They will be met by protests from Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) which calls for an end to the event and to the government support that makes it possible. CAAT’s main protest
Katherine O'Mahoney, Universities Network Volunteer writes: Anti-arms trade campaigners will be shocked and disappointed to learn of the launch of University College London's (UCL) new £17m Security Research Training Centre – or UCL SECReT. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC), the multidisciplinary centre will recruit between 10 and 20 PhD students
East London Against the Arms Fair (ELAAF) are calling for a multi-faith vigil on 7 September to protest against the London Arms Fair, due to be held from 8-11 September. People attending are asked to bring a candle so that a silent protest can be held to remember the seven million people
Bexie21 describes her experience at Clarion Events Baby Show This is a blog about how I found out that BabyCentre were indirectly funding the arms trade - and perhaps more importantly, what I did about it. I was browsing BabyCentre, when i came across a thread on DC Lite. I like DC Lite, because
Officials from the UK Government’s arms export agency, UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO), have met with military representatives from China – despite the fact that China is still subject to a European Union (EU) military embargo. The existence of such meetings was revealed after a Freedom of Information (FoI)
Two students from the University of Warwick are preparing for the Great Yorkshire Run on 6 September in aid of the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT). Sami Wannell and Kat Hobbs are dedicated supporters of CAAT. Kat, 21, from Baldock, Herts, has just graduated in English and creative writing. She is
A picture is worth a thousand words and that is certainly true when you look at the output of the wonderful Jill Gibbon. She attended the 2009 BAE AGM, as she has in previous years, and has done a fantastic series of sketches of the meeting itself and the lunch afterwards -which makes you realise
Countries involved in conflict or internal suppression or with a record of human rights abuse have been invited to the London arms fair by the UK government. The list of invited countries was released after a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) to UK Trade & Investment Defence &
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