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  • 8 May 2013
    BAE bosses try to hide from scrutiny - and fail

    I’ve just returned from the annual general meeting of BAE Systems, one of the world’s largest arms companies. I was forcibly carried out of the building after challenging the board on BAE’s arms sales to the brutal regimes of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

  • 8 May 2013
    BAE arms dealers evict thirteen critics from AGM

    Arms giant BAE Systems has been shamed by questions about arms sales to oppressive regimes at its AGM, despite moving the venue away from London.

  • 15 Mar 2013
    Charles flies to Saudi Arabia and ignores human rights

    At a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan yesterday (13 March), a visitor expressed his shock at what he saw. It was, he said, an “unbelievable and heartbreaking situation”. The visitor was Charles Windsor, commonly called the Prince of Wales. His wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, praised the “strength of spirit” of the women refugees at the camp.

  • 30 Oct 2012
    Why is the Church of England hosting an arms dealers' conference?

    Every time that I think I can no longer be surprised by the behaviour of church institutions, I am proved wrong. Like many others, I was shocked to learn that a conference for arms dealers will take place in Church House. Thankfully, many Christians are still campaigning against the arms trade, militarism and cuts.

  • 2 May 2012
    Fantasy and reality at BAE's AGM

    Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the BAE Systems Annual General Meeting. Shareholders were today (2 May) welcomed into the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, to be greeted by plush carpets, free coffee and glamorous posters featuring BAE staff saying how great it is to work for one of the world’s largest arms dealers (they don’t quite put it quite like that).

  • 2 May 2012
    BAE 'proud' to sell arms to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

    The chairman of arms giant BAE Systems has refused to rule out selling arms to the Saudi government even if the country uses them to put down peaceful protests.

  • 15 Apr 2012
    David Cameron's 'arms sales trip to Asia' condemned by CAAT

    Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has condemned David Cameron's latest arms sales trip to Asia, especially his attempts to sell more weapons to Indonesia

  • 12 Apr 2012
    David Cameron promotes arms sales to Indonesia

    David Cameron has included arms dealers in his delegation as he tours Asia, saying he is happy to sell arms to countries including Indonesia.

  • 18 Oct 2011
    Critics of arms trade evicted from London Graduate Fair

    A group of people opposed to the arms trade have been removed by police from the London Graduate Fair after peacefully protesting against BAE and Raytheon.

  • 14 Oct 2011
    These dodgy practices go way beyond Fox and Werrity

    It’s happened at last. Liam Fox, one of the most gung-ho militarists ever to occupy the post of Defence Secretary, has returned to the backbenches. All the excuses and half-truths his supporters could come up with have not saved him. But his departure will be largely pointless if we don’t learn a great deal from the Werrity scandal.