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Iconic London Routemaster buses bedecked with anti-arms trade messages and an anti-arms trade fayre will be highlights of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)’s protests against the London arms fair in September. CAAT’s protest will begin on the opening morning of 8 September with a rally near the ExCeL centre in Docklands followed
A young woman living sculpture will use her slot on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth to highlight the immense damage done by the international arms trade. Quinnie, who will be on the plinth on 7 September, will use her moment in the limelight to focus on the London arms fair, which starts the following day.
The UK is booked to attend a major arms fair in Libya, despite the controversy around the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds. United Kingdom Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) will be exhibiting at the Libyan Aviation Exhibition (LAVEX) in October. Their attendance was confirmed to Campaign
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)
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