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Category - arms trade

25 Feb 2011

Cameron sparks strong criticism over defence of arms trade

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has sparked sharp criticism with his defence of his government's role in selling arms to the Middle East.
20 Feb 2011

British arms in Bahrain and Libya

On Friday 18 February 2011, a former defence minister sat beside me in a Sky News studio and insisted that the Bahraini government is not an oppressive regime. Hours later, Bahraini troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators.
20 Feb 2011

Weapons sales to Bahrain and Libya
18 Feb 2011

CAAT slam Hague's 'empty words' over Arms-to-Bahrain scandal

The Campaign Against Arms Trade has condemned the government's reaction to revelations about UK arms exports to Bahrain and Libya.
18 Feb 2011

UK has sold crowd control weapons to Bahrain and Libya

There has been an outraged response to news that the UK has licensed sales of crowd control weapons to regimes that are violently suppressing peaceful protests.
12 Feb 2011

Egypt: Casting down the mighty from their thrones

Barack Obama and David Cameron have said that Egypt must move rapidly towards free elections and democracy. It's a shame that this point didn't occur to them when they were selling weapons to Mubarak.
10 Feb 2011

Surprise as Green Party opposes census boycott

The Green Party has opposed a boycott of the census, which is partly run by an arms company, despite disagreement within the Greens' own ranks.
9 Feb 2011

Figures reveal increase in EU arms sales to Mubarak

European Union (EU) countries including the UK are facing criticism for their arms sales to the Mubarak regime in Egypt.
3 Feb 2011

Quaker pensioner in prison after anti-Trident protest

Sylvia Boyes, 67, has begun a fourteen-day prison sentence following her nonviolent action against the Trident nuclear weapons system.
27 Jan 2011

Dramatising the choice between life and death

When it comes to militarism, the arms trade and violence, the lie that is ‘this is just the way things are and always will be’, the pretence that there is no alternative, needs to be exposed, says Chris Cole. He is currently in prison for his nonviolent direct action.

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