Campaigns

THIS IS NOT OK

Ne'ma, Cairo, October 2011 (Picture: Maggie Osama on Flickr)
Saudi Arabia used UK-made armoured vehicles in Bahrain
Libya, August 2011. (Picture: Jeroen Oerlemans/Panos)
Gaza, December 2008. (Picture: Mohammad Rujailah)

Weapons supplied by the UK have been used against democracy protesters in the Middle East and North Africa. This is NOT OK

Yet the UK still spends public money on persuading some of the world's worst human rights abusers and most unstable regimes to buy weapons. This is NOT OK.

Even as public services are cut, £700 million is wasted on subsidising arms exports every year – enough to fund 33,000 newly qualified nurses. This is NOT OK.

In September 2011, the government helped organise a massive arms fair in London, inviting 14 authoritarian regimes to shop for weapons. The arms fair is due to return in 2013. This is NOT OK.

More than 9,000 people have signed our petition to say: This is NOT OK. It's time to end government support for the arms trade and close the DSEi arms fair. Add your voice!