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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade. Nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Jul 21 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
NOW: The High Court is hearing a case to challenge the government's decision to ban Palestine Action under anti-terror laws.

🧵Thread of updates from inside court: On Kent police threatening to arrest a protestor with signs "Free Gaza" & "Israel is committing a genocide", the Judge claimed that "there will be cases where the police get things wrong" & this was an "officer that doesn't understand the law".

Still no apology from Kent Police. Image
Jul 29, 2024 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
SUSPENSION OF ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL MEANINGLESS IF IT DOES NOT INCLUDE F-35 COMPONENTS

There is currently a lot of talk that the UK may be about to announce at least a partial suspension of arms exports to Israel. This is welcome, but as always, the devil is in the detail. A 🧵 We hope that the government will really end UK complicity in the genocide in #Gaza, but we fear that they may seek to make a very partial and weak suspension, in an attempt to assuage overwhelming public anger, while protecting the interests of the UK arms industry.
Jun 20, 2019 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
A lunchtime review of this momentous morning - where are we now? This morning the Court of Appeal found the government had broken the law over arms sales for use in #Yemen caat.org.uk/media/press-re… #StopArmingSaudi (Thread) The court found that the government's process for deciding on export licenses to Saudi was ‘irrational and therefore unlawful’.
Jul 16, 2018 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Farnborough International #FIA18 is a major arms fair, with the UK government pushing international arms sales. Here are the military delegations they invited: gov.uk/government/new… #StopArmigSaudi #warStartsHere The UK government has, of course, invited Saudi Arabia to shop for weapons at Farnborough. The Saudi-led bombing of #Yemen is utilising many of the weapons exhibited at #FIA18, from BAE's Eurofighter Typhoon, and Raytheon and MBDA missiles. #StopArmingSaudi