New ‘citizens committee’ to expose Parliament's role in the arms trade

A NEW “citizens committee” tomorrow is set to take evidence and shine a light on Parliament’s lack of accountability on the arms trade.

Italian dock strike blocks deadly cargo headed for Saudi Arabia

European Parliament votes for £11bn subsidy to arms companies

CAMPAIGNERS have condemned a European Parliament decision to support a multibillion-pound budget for an EU army.

British bombs are being dropped from Saudi jets onto Yemeni schools, mosques and hospitals, court hears

Campaign Against Arms Trade challenges Sajid Javid's decision not to suspend bomb sales to Saudi Arabia in the Court of Appeal

Farnborough hosts arms dealers that other cities don’t want

CAMPAIGNERS from across Britain have besieged an arms fair that had to be held in Farnborough after three cities refused to host the “warmongers.”

Jailed Saudi women's rights activist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

JAILED Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her equality campaigning in the r

Hunt urged ‘intervene’ to help hunger-striking political prisoners in Bahrain

TWO British parliamentarians have written to Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt demanding his “urgent intervention” to help political prisoners on hunge

Human rights activists condemn Britain's ‘shameful’ war games with Israeli Air Force

British councils have invested £566m of workers' pensions in Saudi-linked arms companies

LOCAL authorities have invested £566 million of council workers’ pension funds into arms companies implicated in Saudi Arabia’s military offence in

Government sold £2.5 million of spy gear to the Saudis this year alone

The British government is complicit in the brutal oppression of pro-democracy campaigners, says Campaign Against Arms Trade