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UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Billy Briggs on April 5, 2020April 6, 2020

The UK government and arms firms based in Scotland were condemned in a Human Rights Watch report for selling weapons to an Egyptian regime that tortures children by waterboarding and electrocution.

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Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

Billy Briggs on October 23, 2019January 22, 2020

The Scottish Government has handed nearly £15 million to arms firms with factories in Scotland who sell weaponry to Turkey.

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Arms trade, Nuclear weapons

Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base

Billy Briggs on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

American multinationals Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are bidding for a lucrative Ministry of Defence training contract at Faslane.

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Pension fund investments in arms firms profiting from Yemen’s war worth £130m

Billy Briggs on April 30, 2019April 30, 2019

Investments worth nearly £130m were made in arms firms linked to Yemen's conflict, which has left an estimated 70,000 people dead.

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Human rights, International

Scots pension funds linked to Yemen bus atrocity

Billy Briggs on September 11, 2018April 6, 2019

Scots council pension funds have shares worth £110 million in US arms giants linked to an alleged war crime in Yemen when 40 children were killed.

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Arms trade, Finance

Revealed: Scots pension funds invest in firms blacklisted by UN

Billy Briggs on December 7, 2017April 18, 2019

Scotland's two largest council pension funds have invested in companies reportedly on a UN blacklist for doing business in illegal Israeli settlements.

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Call for investigation after arms firms links to Whitehall exposed

Billy Briggs on November 9, 2017April 18, 2019

At least 50 arms company employees had passes for Ministry of Defence premises this year, allowing them privileged access to Whitehall.

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Arms trade, Finance

Scottish taxpayers give Italian arms firm £6m

Billy Briggs on October 17, 2017April 18, 2019

An Italian arms multinational has received more than £6 million from the Scottish Government, which has also given money to other arms firms.

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28 firms from Scotland due to attend arms fair in London

Billy Briggs on September 12, 2017April 18, 2019

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.

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Lockheed Martin

Arms trade

UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

Arms trade, Nuclear weapons

Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base

Arms trade, International

Pension fund investments in arms firms profiting from Yemen’s war worth £130m

Human rights, International

Scots pension funds linked to Yemen bus atrocity

Arms trade, Finance

Revealed: Scots pension funds invest in firms blacklisted by UN

Arms trade

Call for investigation after arms firms links to Whitehall exposed

Arms trade, Finance

Scottish taxpayers give Italian arms firm £6m

Arms trade

28 firms from Scotland due to attend arms fair in London

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false

Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms

Two Scottish councils lending £15m for English council to gamble with