No business as usual for arms dealers
Protesters "completely overwhelmed" the Annual General Meeting of BAE Systems, the world's third largest arms company. Now we need to do the same for one of the world's largest arms fairs.
Protesters "completely overwhelmed" the Annual General Meeting of BAE Systems, the world's third largest arms company. Now we need to do the same for one of the world's largest arms fairs.
EU countries export billions of euros of weaponry each year but EU citizens know little about this deadly trade. CAAT's new EU arms export browser presents the complex data in the EU annual reports in an accessible and exciting way.
William Hague has succeeded in ending the EU arms embargo on Syria. Please email him now to remind him that the vast majority of EU states and people in the UK do not want to send arms to Syria - we need to promote non-military solutions to the crisis.
How would you put pressure on repressive regimes to improve human rights? Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are intensifying their crackdown on dissent, but the UK government is still trying to sell them more weapons. Ask your MP to take action.
As an Arms Trade Treaty was agreed at the UN, UK Ministers were in Libya – aboard a warship – promoting arms sales. CAAT warns that the Arms Trade Treaty risks legitimising the arms trade: if governments are serious about tackling the arms trade, they should stop promoting arms exports.
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