Arms trade
Iraq was Donald Rumsfeld’s war. It will forever be his legacy | Andrew Cockburn
The late defence secretary’s micromanagement style helped ensure the disastrous outcome, says the journalist and author Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn
05, Jul, 2021 @12:30 PM
£17bn of UK arms sold to rights’ abusers
Weapons licensed for export to two-thirds of states on ‘not free’ register, including Libya, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
Mark Townsend, Home Affairs editor
27, Jun, 2021 @5:30 AM
Protesters who blockaded London arms fair have convictions quashed
Supreme court ruling on disruption at ExCeL Centre in 2017 is hailed as an affirmation of right to protest
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
25, Jun, 2021 @3:09 PM
On International Widows’ Day, Boris Johnson must add action to his words | Letter
Letter: Margaret Owen urges the government to end the silence on the plight of widows worldwide and help them gain basic rights and dignity
Letters
22, Jun, 2021 @4:51 PM
British backing for Israel helps to sustain the unbearable status quo | Rafeef Ziadah
Diplomatic and military support – and a thriving arms trade – make the UK complicit, says Rafeef Ziadeh, lecturer at Soas University of London
Rafeef Ziadah
13, Jun, 2021 @5:29 PM
Hard power: Europe’s military drift causes alarm
Critics are asking why, if the EU’s mission is to promote peace, it wants to use public money to fund the supply of weapons to foreign armies
Zach Campbell, Caitlin Chandler and Chris Jones
19, May, 2021 @10:00 AM
High court to hear legal battle over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Campaign Against Arms Trade claims UK-made weapons have been used in airstrikes in Yemen that breach humanitarian law
Dan Sabbagh
22, Apr, 2021 @5:07 PM
US-made guns are ripping Central America apart and driving migration north | Ioan Grillo
An iron river of illegal guns flows from the US to Mexico, Central America, and across the hemisphere
Ioan Grillo
16, Apr, 2021 @10:23 AM
UK's 'headlong rush into abandoning human rights' rebuked by Amnesty
Covid failings, crackdown on protest, police discrimination and resumed arms trade with Saudi Arabia all listed in annual report
Kate Hodal
07, Apr, 2021 @5:01 AM
This is a defence of white elephants, not the realm | Letters
Letters: Richard Norton-Taylor, Fawzi Ibrahim and Margaret Owen on the government’s security, defence and foreign policy review
Letters
18, Mar, 2021 @6:05 PM
French court acquits former PM Édouard Balladur of corruption
Balladur was accused over arms deal kickbacks, but ex-defence minister receives suspended jail term
Kim Willsher in Paris
04, Mar, 2021 @1:28 PM
Italian judge extends inquiry into Yemen deaths
Fragments of bomb that killed family of six in air raid in 2016 were traced back to RWM Italia
Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent
03, Mar, 2021 @5:29 PM
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