Category - bae

Campaigners confident as arms corruption appeal begins in Lords

staff writers — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:02:52 +0100

Campaigners have said they are confident that an appeal to the House of Lords this week, by a Government agency concerning corruption in the arms trade, will fail.

UK arms companies face a week of protest and prayer

staff writers — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:13:43 +0100

Arms companies are facing a week of protests across the UK after a year of increasing public opposition to the arms trade. Stop the Arms Trade Week is underway and runs until 8 June 2008 - involving people of all faiths and none.

Court rules Government's termination of BAE investigation unlawful

Agencies — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:50:22 +0100

The High Court this morning ruled that the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into BAE Systems' arms deals with Saudi Arabia.

Arms giant BAE lobbied Fraud Office to stop investigation

agency reporter — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:30:41 +0000

Britain’s biggest arms company wrote to the Attorney General on a "strictly private and confidential" basis urging him to halt the Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations that it had bribed Saudi officials to secure an arms deal.

UK arms giant accused of wasting taxpayers' money

staff writers — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:11:48 +0000

The giant arms company BAE Systems is so far over budget with two of its latest projects that they will cost UK taxpayers £2.2 billion more than expected, a government report acknowledges. Peace campaigners say it is a scandal.

Control the Arms Trade Day of Prayer

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:19:51 +0100

Start: 10/06/2007 - 00:00

End: 10/06/2007 - 23:59

Every year the Campagine Against Arms Trade Christian Network holds a day of prayer to coincide with Stop the Arms Trade Week.

Christian activists protest against BAE

staff writers — Wed, 09 May 2007 07:47:54 +0100

Members of the Christian Network of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) will join a public protest today at the AGM of BAE Systems.

Reopening of Saudi corruption inquiry to be urged at BAE AGM

staff writers — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:35:43 +0100

People from all walks of life are join a demonstration next week outside BAE's AGM.

Arms trading is Britain's new slave trade

Symon Hill — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:11:40 +0100

Symon Hill urges Christians and others to recognize Britain’s arms sales as the moral and political equivalent of the slave trade, to work for their abolition and to pressurise BAE.

Arms company admits paying agent to investigate campaigners

staff writers — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:37:30 +0100

An arms manufacturer admitted paying a private investigation agency to gather information on activists and groups including Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT).