Dear friends,

Good news just in! We’re going back to court to challenge the UK
government over the supply of weapons for the war in Yemen.

CAAT has been granted permission for our legal challenge to
proceed to the High Court. Thank you so much for everything you
have done to help make this happen.

For more than six years now UK weapons have been used to tear
lives apart in Yemen. Throughout this time the government has
continued to promote and protect weapons sales, despite the
devastating human cost.

We are determined to put a stop to such sales once and for all.

In 2019 legal action by CAAT forced the government to stop
issuing export licences for weapons that could be used in the war
in Yemen. The government was ordered to retake all its previous
decisions in a lawful manner.

But in July 2020 the government resumed arms sales, and since
then it has licensed more than £1.6 billion additional weapons
sales in support of the war.

Our challenge can force change.

Judges will now consider whether the government’s decision to
resume arms sales is lawful. We hope the case will be heard in
the next few months.

The new ruling is an important step forward, increasing the
pressure for the UK government to finally end the arms sales
fuelling the war in Yemen. This success shows how much we can
achieve when we work together to take on the arms trade.

If you can afford it, please make a donation today to support our
work around the court case and help CAAT run more hard-hitting
campaigns like this.
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Can’t afford to donate right now? Please sign our open letter to
Boris Johnson to take a stand against the war on Yemen and demand
an end to UK arms sales prolonging this deadly conflict.
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Thank you for your support.

With determination,

Campaign Against Arms Trade ( [link removed] )

Sarah

Campaign Against Arms Trade

P.S Find out more about the legal challenge and what it means
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