The Shut DESO campaign has been a long and varied one that has been a core CAAT issue since 1976 when CAAT started. Now, thanks to the support and hard work of many, DESO is to close.

• the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party as with more than 30 organizations including CND, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, SPEAK and Quaker Peace & Social Witness along with many individuals have already signed a statement calling for DESO's closure
• More than 400 MPs received a postcard from their constituents calling for the closure of DESO and around 80 were lobbied in person.
• Articles highlighting DESO's activities have been published in the Guardian, the Observer and in the Holborn and Bloomsbury Messenger.
• More than 250 people took part in CAAT's Action Day on 16th October 2006 to designate DESO's headquarters as a 'global danger zone'.
• Over 10,000 petition signatures calling for the closure of DESO were handed to the Chief Secretary of the Treasury on March 7th 2007.

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Get Inspired

Read more here about CAAT's Action Day and get inspired by video footage and photos.. Also read more about the campaign and the many people who took part.

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Also read more about the campaign and the many people who took part.

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Read CAAT's press release after the announcement of DESO's closure.

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Find out more about the activities of DESO; the government's gunrunners.

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