Australian arms fair cancelled following public opposition

A major arms fair due to begin on Remembrance Day in Adelaide, Australia, has been cancelled because of high levels of protest. In the UK, the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed the news as further evidence that opposition to the arms trade is growing...

Cautious welcome for agreement on illicit small arms trade

Peace groups and religious bodies have offered a cautious welcome for a voluntary United Nations agreement on small arms that they hope will be a step towards curbing the dangerous trade in illicit weapons. But many conrinue to believe that without ststutory...

UK Government ‘must compensate’ East Timor

A Catholic advocacy and development agency has called on the British government to fulfil its responsibilities to the people of East Timor, following a quarter-century of violence during which the UK supplied arms to Indonesian forces that illegally occupied East...

Church peace delegation questions German arms sales

On a visit to the German Federal Defence Ministry in Berlin, members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) have posed tough questions about German arms sales and about whether wars, such as the Iraq war, can ever really solve problems. The WCC...

Warning over reported increase in UK arms exports

News that Britain may have become the world’s largest arms exporter last year has been met by a warning from campaigners that the majority are still being sent to oppressive regimes. According to government figures released on Tuesday, the UK has overtaken the...