RT | April 15, 2016 Eight activists standing trial for disrupting the world’s biggest arms fair, held in London last September, have been found not guilty. The court ruled they were acting to prevent a greater crime, according to an anti-arms trade group. In his ruling, the judge said there was clear, credible and largely […]
RT | March 7, 2016 Activists have denounced a Home Office sponsored security fair, warning that Britain is selling tear gas and other crowd control tools to some of the world’s most oppressive regimes. Among the governments invited to take part in the fair in Farnborough, Hampshire, 30 miles southwest of London, are Bahrain, Saudi […]
RT | February 3, 2016 A group of MPs have called on the British government to immediately suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and have demanded an independent inquiry into the war in Yemen, where British arms are thought to have been used against civilians. In a letter to Development Secretary Justine Greening, the International […]
RT – January 11, 2016 The British government has been accused of violating international law by enabling the export of British-made arms to Saudi Arabia, which may have been used to kill civilians. In the face of mounting evidence that Saudi forces are breaching international law in Yemen, law firm Leigh Day has challenged the […]
