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Comment | Brothers in Arms Sales: Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson’s shameful record on Yemen
As the Tory leadership race enters its final phase, one word unlikely to be invoked by either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt is Yemen. This comes in spite — or rather because — of the disastrous role both men have played in exacerbating the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, February 11, 2019 20:38 - 1 Comment
Comment | It’s high time Britain left Gavin Williamson’s imperial delusions behind
Gavin Williamson's reckless comments highlight the need for the UK to move away from its history of military interventionism and peddling arms to despots and embrace a more positive role in the world, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, October 20, 2018 0:00 - 0 Comments
Comment | After Khashoggi: This toxic UK-Saudi relationship cannot continue
For decades, successive UK governments have fuelled, armed and enabled a terrible regime to continue its authoritarian rule over Saudi Arabia. It shouldn't take the disappearance and death of a journalist for UK politicians to realise this must end, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 8:31 - 0 Comments
Comment | How much more suffering must Yemenis take before the UK ends its arms sales?
If the bombing of a school bus full of Yemeni children isn’t enough to stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, then what more would it take? Asks Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, June 14, 2018 16:32 - 1 Comment
Comment | Yemen: The UK government is complicit in a humanitarian catastrophe
This week saw the start of the Saudi-led coalition’s assault on the Yemeni port town of Hodeida. After three years of destruction, the war has reached its deadliest stage yet. Governments like the UK know this, yet continue to enable this suffering, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:21 - 0 Comments
Comment | Theresa May’s welcoming of Saudi Crown Prince visit shames Britain — We can’t let it pass in silence
This week, the architect of the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Yemen, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, visits the UK, as Theresa May seeks to secure more lucrative deals for the UK arms industry. We can't let this shameful visit pass in silence, writes Andrew Smith of the Campaign Against Arms Trade.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:00 - 0 Comments
Comment | How many more Yemenis must die before Theresa May stops putting profits before lives?
After a thousand days of air strikes, and with millions of Yemeni lives under threat, Theresa May's government still won't do the right thing and stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, September 7, 2017 12:13 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Dabke dancing, Football and Hip-Hop: A week of protests in the lead-up to the DSEI arms fair
This week, activists from all over the UK have come to London to stop military equipment from getting into the setup of DSEI, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs. We will unite and mobilise as many people as possible against DSEI's message of perpetual-war and military escalation, writes Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade.
New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 28, 2017 15:36 - 0 Comments
Politics | The UK’s arming of Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen is immoral. It should be made illegal too.
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a direct result of a war in which the UK is a key supplier of arms and military support. This immoral complicity must end, argues Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT).
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, May 18, 2017 14:14 - 0 Comments
Special Report | “We are doing the right thing for the right reasons”: A view from inside Europe’s biggest arms company
Andrew Smith reports on his surreal day at the Annual General Meeting of BAE Systems, Britain's biggest arms company.
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