Arms trade
UK government under fire for inviting ‘war crime’ states to arms fair
The UK government has been condemned for inviting regimes accused of killing children to an arms fair dubbed a "festival of violence".
Campaign Against Arms Trade
Arms trade, International
UK arms sales condemned after 12,000 children killed or maimed
The UK government has been condemned for arming states named in a UN report revealing that 12,000 children were killed or maimed last year in armed conflicts.
Arms trade, International
Export licence system lets ‘illegal’ arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue
Bombs and missiles will still be exported to Saudi Arabia under a secretive licensing system despite a court ruling that UK arms sales are illegal.
Arms trade, International
Court rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful
The UK government broke the law by selling arms to Saudi Arabia, the Court of Appeal says in a landmark ruling.
Arms trade, International, Politics
Concerns over Scottish Enterprise grants to Hong Kong tear gas firm
Concerns raised with the Scottish Government over its relationship with an arms company that sold Hong Kong tear gas apparently used by police during clashes with protestors.
Arms trade, International
Pension fund investments in arms firms profiting from Yemen’s war worth £130m
Investments worth nearly £130m were made in arms firms linked to Yemen's conflict, which has left an estimated 70,000 people dead.
Nuclear weapons
Call to scrap ‘horrifying’ 50 years of British nuclear weapons celebration
Plans by the Royal Navy to celebrate 50 years of British nuclear weapons at sea are "horrifying" and should be abandoned, say peace campaigners.
Arms trade, Human rights, International
Fife arms firm snubs meeting with MPs over Yemen bombs
Bombs made by arms multi-national Raytheon has been linked to war crimes in Yemen, but the company did not speak to investigating MPs.
Arms trade
More than 400 children killed or injured by airstrikes in Yemen
At least 443 children in Yemen have been killed or injured in air strikes over the past year, according to a leading global charity.