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November 21, 2020

G20 Summit must ensure an end to the bombing of Yemen, says CAAT

The summit is being hosted by the Saudi Arabian regime which has led a brutal bombardment of Yemen since March 2015.
September 10, 2019

Arms companies are washing their hands of their responsibilities, says Amnesty

A new report by Amnesty International reveals that the world’s biggest arms companies are failing to undertake adequate human rights due diligence which could prevent their products from being used in potential human rights violations and war crimes.
June 29, 2019

Peace Pledge Union comments on Armed Forces Day

The Peace Pledge Union has warned that small children will be invited to handle real weapons at Armed Forces Day events this weekend.
October 10, 2017

Campaign Against Arms Trade responds to BAE Systems job cuts

Today BAE Systems announced that it will be cutting almost 2000 jobs across the UK in response to a slowdown in Eurofighter production.
June 6, 2017

Saudi Arabia and our security

After the London Bridge attack, Theresa May said, “there is to be frank, far too much tolerance of extremism in our country.
July 14, 2015

Pressure mounts on Archbishop Welby over arms company ties with Church House

Almost 3000 people have signed a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, calling on him to sever Church of England ties with the arms industry.
November 7, 2013

Shipbuilding, politicking and industrial sovereignty

As has been widely reported, BAE Systems is to cut 1,775 jobs at English and Scottish shipyards, with the complete closure of shipbuilding in Portsmouth and the loss of 835 jobs will be lost at yards in Govan and Scotstoun, on the River Clyde in Glasgow, at Rosyth in Fife, and at the firm's Filton office, near Bristol. This is tragic for all negatively impacted.
October 10, 2013

Financial 'lifeblood' of nuclear weapons industry revealed

CND has welcomed a new report which lays bare the financing of nuclear weapons. 'Don’t Bank on the Bomb'.
April 23, 2013

Protest targets drones operations centre at RAF Waddington

Campaigners are calling on the government to stop using unmanned aerial vehicles or 'drones', as Britain prepares to start controlling them from a domestic base.
December 13, 2012

CND welcomes report on Trident and employment in Barrow

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has welcomed the findings of a "timely and significant" report into the Trident Alternatives Review and the future of Barrow.