Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade.
Jul 29 • 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 #Yemencaat.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
