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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) welcomes today’s acquittal of five of the arms protestors known as the EDO decommissioners who have been on trial at Hove Crown Court on charges of conspiracy to create criminal damage. The jury accepted their defence of necessity: acting reasonably in the circumstances to prevent a greater evil. Simon Levin,
A Government Minister has declared that senior members of the Government will promote arms exports to compensate for budget cuts at the Ministry of Defence. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) says that this brazen support for the arms trade by the new Coalition Government will result in even more suffering as a result of
Hundreds of anti-arms trade campaigners will take action in the week of 19-27 June, Stop Week, organised by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). They will call for the demolition of the government’s arms sales’ department: a timely message in the week of the budget. While front-line services are under threat, campaigners will point to
Supporters from Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) are taking part in the annual Day of Prayer on 20 June. This event marks the beginning of CAAT’s Stop Week, when the organisation’s supporters take part in co-ordinated action across the UK to end the international arms trade. The focus is on ending taxpayer
On 20 May at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, anti-arms-trade activist Kirk Jackson was found guilty of aggravated trespass for his part in a protest that shut down an arms company for a day. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £350 court costs.
As a new UK Government takes office, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has issued a new briefing paper outlining the case against Government arms export promotion. Private gain, public pain the case for ending Government’s arms selling describes the activities of UK Trade & Investment’s Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO)
Ian Mackinnon reports from the People's World Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia. At the Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change from 19-22 April 2010, activists and grassroots organisations from around the world gathered to address what they see as the failure of governmental climate policy at
Anne-Marie O'Reilly on how CAAT campaigners brought BAE to justice on 5 May. The People's Jury in session One 12-foot high puppet (literally armed to the teeth) + 30 judge/jurors in wigs and cloaks = a strange sight for civil servants, tourists and shareholders in the City of Westminster this
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