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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.
September 25, 2019

Lawyers call for Government to suspend all existing arms exports to Saudi Arabia

Lawyers representing Campaign Against Arms Trade have called on the UK Government to end all extant licences for arms exports to Saudi Arabia and to refuse all future licences following war crime allegations.
February 10, 2019

Activists celebrate as arms fair is 'chased out of Birmingham'

Birmingham was due to host the DPRTE arms fair in March but it has now been moved to Farnborough following a campaign by local activists.
January 10, 2019

New video highlights UK's 'moral hypocrisy' on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International says the UK is failing to abide by its own arms exports control systems.
May 4, 2018

CAAT gets permission to appeal lawfulness of arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Campaign Against Arms Trade granted permission to appeal against a High Court judgment which allows UK to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
May 3, 2018

Judgment due in legal battle over UK arms deals to Saudi Arabia

The Court of Appeal will give its judgment on Friday in a legal battle by campaigners to overturn a High Court judgment which allows the UK Government to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
April 28, 2018

Human rights groups begin legal proceedings against Italian arms company

A coalition of human rights organisations from Germany, Italy and Yemen have begun a legal action against a European arms manufacturer and officials in Italy.
March 28, 2017

UK complicit in the destruction of Yemen say campaigners

The UK has licensed over £3.3 billion of arms to Saudi Arabia since the beginning of a bombing campaign intended to influence the outcome of the civil conflict in Yemen. It has created a humanitarian catastrophe. Campaign Against Arms Trade is awaiting verdict of legal action against arms exports being used by the Saudi regime in Yemen
January 11, 2017

High Court to consider legality of arms exports to Saudi Arabia

Between 7 and 9 of February 2017, the High Court in London will hear a judicial review into the legality of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia for use in the ongoing bombing of Yemen. The review follows an application by Campaign Against Arms Trade
January 5, 2017

New report highlights danger of Iraqi militias acquiring UK arms

The UK should halt all arms exports to Iraq unless it can demonstrate that it has reliable safeguards against British weaponry ending up in the hands of Iraqi government-supported Shia militias with a grisly track record of human rights abuses, said Amnesty International today.