PROTESTERS blocked access today to an arms factory in Derbyshire where tear gas and rubber bullets are manufactured for use on demonstrators worldwide.
Organised by Extinction Rebellion, Women of Colour — Global Women’s Strike and Global Justice Rebellion, the protest prevented vehicles from entering the PWD Group’s factory.
A parallel protest took place outside the Department for International Trade in central London, demanding that it stop licensing exports of “riot control” materials.
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