Yemen

Arms trade, International

Arms firms in Scotland fail to make checks to prevent war crimes

Billy Briggs on September 14, 2019September 14, 2019

Arms firms in Scotland are failing to make human rights checks which could prevent their products from being used in potential war crimes.

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Arms trade, Politics

Arms firms give MPs thousands of pounds, gifts and dinners

Billy Briggs on August 23, 2019September 1, 2019

Arms firms due to attend a trade event dubbed a “festival of violence” gave MP's more than £60,000 in donations.

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Arms trade, International

UK arms sales condemned after 12,000 children killed or maimed

Billy Briggs on August 4, 2019August 8, 2019

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.

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Arms trade, International

Export licence system lets ‘illegal’ arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue

Billy Briggs on July 2, 2019July 5, 2019

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.

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Arms trade, International

Court rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful

Billy Briggs on June 20, 2019June 21, 2019

The UK government broke the law by selling arms to Saudi Arabia, the Court of Appeal says in a landmark ruling.

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Arms trade, International

Scottish Government hands £3m to arms firms profiting from Yemen war

Billy Briggs on May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

Arms firms supplying weapons for the war in Yemen that has killed 70,000 people were handed nearly £3m by the Scottish Government last year.

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Arms trade, International

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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Arms trade, Human rights, International

Fife arms firm snubs meeting with MPs over Yemen bombs

Billy Briggs on April 1, 2019April 6, 2019

Bombs made by arms multi-national Raytheon has been linked to war crimes in Yemen, but the company did not speak to investigating MPs.

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Arms trade

More than 400 children killed or injured by airstrikes in Yemen

Billy Briggs on March 25, 2019April 6, 2019

At least 443 children in Yemen have been killed or injured in air strikes over the past year, according to a leading global charity.

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Yemen

Arms trade, International

Arms firms in Scotland fail to make checks to prevent war crimes

Arms trade, Politics

Arms firms give MPs thousands of pounds, gifts and dinners

Arms trade, International

UK arms sales condemned after 12,000 children killed or maimed

Arms trade, International

Export licence system lets ‘illegal’ arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue

Arms trade, International

Court rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful

Arms trade, International

Scottish Government hands £3m to arms firms profiting from Yemen war

Arms trade, International

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

Arms trade, Human rights, International

Fife arms firm snubs meeting with MPs over Yemen bombs

Arms trade

More than 400 children killed or injured by airstrikes in Yemen

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

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