Arms embargo on the UAE now!

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Dear friends,

British military equipment, diverted from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), [has played a role in]([link removed] the RSF’s genocide of the Sudanese people. CAAT has already asked supporters to sign our [petition]([link removed] for an arms embargo on the UAE, and if you have not done so already, please [sign and share]([link removed] However, further pressure must be applied, from our screens to the streets. Please take a moment now to email your MP.

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Furthermore, recent official government arms export data for the [second quarter of 2025]([link removed] shows that the third largest recipient of UK arms export licences was the UAE, with £172m of military equipment. Evidently, despite the government [having knowledge]([link removed]) that the UAE is diverting military equipment to the RSF, it has increased arms sales instead of ending them.

The government continues to facilitate these lethal military equipment exports through arms fairs such as Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), welcoming the UAE as an official government delegation to DSEI this year. Companies [Militec]([link removed] and [Cummins]([link removed] producers of the British military equipment [found in Sudanese combat zones]([link removed]), exhibited at this year’s DSEI.

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London for Sudan and Action for Sudan have called for a [protest]([link removed])tomorrow, 27 November, at 6:00pm outside 10 Downing Street, demanding an arms embargo on the UAE. Showing solidarity with the people of Sudan by attending this demonstration is a key way to challenge the deadly violence of the global arms trade and our government’s involvement in it. If you live outside London, actions across the country are encouraged.

The British government has a long, brutal history of colonial violence in Sudan, and the legacy of this continues today. Just as our government continues to export military equipment to the UAE, despite awareness of diversion to the RSF, our government also chose the [“least ambitious” plan]([link removed]) to prevent genocide in Sudan despite intelligence warnings of this very prospect. Some MPs [have already]([link removed])called for an arms embargo on the UAE, thanks undoubtedly to pressure from constituents, but more must speak up and take action.

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Everyone who supports CAAT plays an insurmountable role in CAAT’s campaigning. As always, thank you very much for your contributions to this. CAAT could not continue to campaign without all of you who share CAAT social media and blog posts, take part in demonstrations at private and public institutions which facilitate the arms trade, organise events with CAAT and lobby your MPs and councils. Your donations are indispensable as well.

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Thank you for your continued support in resisting the deadly arms trade,

Zoe and everyone at Campaign Against Arms Trade

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