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