by Control Arms | Sep 22, 2016 | News
On Wednesday the US senate considered a vote to stop new arms transfers to Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, the efforts by a bipartisan group of four Senators to introduce Senate Joint Resolution 39 to block a $1.15 million sale of tanks and other equipment to the Saudi...
by Control Arms | Sep 8, 2016 | News
The UK government is facing increasing pressure to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia over continued concerns of breaches of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Yemen. The BBC Newsnight programme reported a leaked draft report by the cross-party Committee on Arms...
by Control Arms | Feb 29, 2016 | News
Control Arms today requested the ATT States Party meeting in Geneva to have an emergency agenda item on the arms sales to Saudi Arabia that are fueling the suffering of civilians in Yemen. This request was declined by the Chair, who said there was not enough time to...
by Control Arms | Dec 16, 2015 | News
The British Government is breaking national, EU and international law and policy by supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia in the context of its military intervention and bombing campaign in Yemen, according to a legal analysis by eminent international law experts...
by Control Arms | Feb 6, 2015 | News
In a previous post, we congratulated the German government on halting arms exports to Saudi Arabia. However, it turns out that the Bild am Sonntag report that was at the root of this story was excessively optimistic. Further investigations have revealed that rather...
