by h9rcp | Aug 25, 2017 | News
When Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) took the UK Government to Court over the legality of its decisions to approve arms transfers to Saudi Arabia for use in the Yemen conflict, hopes were high that this might prove a watershed moment in the struggle to bring the...
by h9rcp | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog
Written by Radhya Almutawakel, a Yemen-based human rights defender and co-founder of Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, Control Arms member For nearly two and half years now, civilians in Yemen have been subjected to a near-daily barrage of bombing. Our schools,...
by h9rcp | Jul 10, 2017 | News
The UK High Court has today ruled against efforts to stop continuing sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia. In spite of the clear risk that bombs, missiles and fighter jets sold by the UK Government could be used to kill civilians in Yemen, today’s judgement has upheld the...
by h9rcp | May 24, 2017 | Blog
One of the largest arms sales in history was announced on 20 May to an armed force that has carried out widespread violations of human rights and the laws of war during the last few years. During Donald Trump’s first international trip as US President, his...
by h9rcp | Apr 10, 2017 | News
Hospitals bombed. Schools used as military bases. Livelihoods in tatters and economies in ruins. Vital resources that could be spent on life-saving services wasted on an endless cycle of armed violence. The proliferation of arms and ammunition drastically undermines...
