Campaign Aganist Arms Trade

June 6, 2020

Campaigners call on UK to end sale of repressive equipment to US police

Campaigners have called on the UK government to end the sale of repressive equipment to police forces across the US and investigate if any of it has been used against protesters.
October 11, 2018

Campaigners condemn Natural History Museum for hosting Saudi Arabian regime

Saudi Arabia is the world's largest buyer of UK arms.
May 25, 2016

Judge rejects CPS attempt to overturn arms fair acquittals

A District Judge has refused to allow the Crown Prosecution Service to appeal against the acquittal of eight anti-arms trade activists who were charged with blockading the DSEI arms fair in London last September. The CPS application to appeal was refused on the basis it was "frivolous" and "misconceived".
October 18, 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.
September 13, 2011

Bahrain invited by UK government to attend London arms fair

UK ministers have invited the governments of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Algeria to send delegations to the London arms fair, which starts today.

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