Arms trade
28 firms from Scotland due to attend arms fair in London
28 firms from Scotland due to attend an arms fair dubbed a “festival of violence” – including a US arms giant with a factory in Fife.
Campaign Against Arms Trade
Arms trade, Human rights
High Court allows UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia: critics to appeal
Critics of the arms trade will appeal a High Court decision which allows the UK Government to continue exporting arms to Saudi Arabia.
Arms trade, Education
Critics condemn Dragons’ Den lesson that encourages children to become arms dealers
School children are being encouraged to sell weapons in lessons branded “immoral”.
Arms trade, Politics
SNP MPs wined and dined by arms companies
An SNP MP who criticised UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia has received more than £400 worth of hospitality from a defence lobby group.
Arms trade, Human rights, International
Persian Gulf repression fuelled by UK Government, claims report
Private arms and security firms with links to Scotland are working secretly with regimes accused of human rights abuses, it is claimed.
Arms trade, International
Yemen bombs firm condemned for training children to make drones
A US arms firm linked to alleged war crimes in Yemen has been condemned for a Fife school project making drones.
Arms trade, Politics
US arms firm linked to alleged war crimes had 57 private meetings with UK Government
Raytheon has wined and dined MPs and even treated a minister at the MoD to a slap up Burns Supper with haggis, neeps and whisky.
Arms trade, Environment, Finance
‘Hypocritical’ Scottish universities slammed for unethical investments
Despite pledging to invest ethically, Scottish universities still have shares worth millions in arms, fossil fuels and tobacco companies.
Arms trade
Arms firm profiting from refugee crisis paid for exclusive access to MSPs
Arms firm condemned for fuelling wars and then profiting from refugee crisis paid for exclusive access to MSPs.