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Dear friends,

THANK YOU!

Before anything else, we must begin by saying a huge thank you to the Nobel
Peace Prize Committee, to American Friends Service Committee [1] (AFSC) and
Quaker Peace & Social Witness for nominating us, to our partners Mwatana
for Human Rights who we shared this nomination with and of course, to you,
CAAT's many campaigners and supporters for your dedication and commitment.

And we want to say a huge congratulations to winners Maria Ressa and Dmitry
Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression. Read more
about the winners here. [2]

We are grateful for the visibility this nomination has brought to CAAT's
ongoing legal case, the work of our partners Mwatana and the increased
visibility it has brought to the ongoing war in Yemen.

Inspirational Yemeni groups like Mwatana for Human Rights [3] have shown
remarkable dedication in documenting human rights violations by all parties
to the war and raising the voices of victims in exceptionally dangerous
circumstances.

As Radhya Almutawakel, Chairperson of Mwatana, said originally, "This
nomination is a source of strength for Mwatana as we continue our work
towards a Yemen where there is credible and holistic accountability and
redress for the civilians who have suffered the horrors of this war."

CAAT and our supporters will continue to call out the UK government and
companies for their role in fuelling the war in Yemen; do everything in our
power to stop the sale of arms for use in the war; and demand a renewed
focus on securing peace.

As well as Nobel Peace Prize nominations, CAAT has remained busy with
numerous other activities, including tackling arms fairs such as the recent
DSEI arms fair [4], which took place in London in September.

And whilst remaining busy and active has been good news, like many other
organisations, CAAT has been affected greatly by the ongoing pandemic. The
challenges sparked by it have exposed a real need to improve how we work,
in terms of how we support staff and volunteers; stay in touch with
supporters and campaigners; and organise our work.

It is important, therefore, that we take the time to reflect on how we
operate as an organisation, to support the growth of our campaigning and
the movements we are part of.

Over the next few months, we will be carrying out a root and branch review
of how CAAT operates.

During this period, we will be reducing our activity to reflect our current
lower capacity. We may be slower responding to you than we would like, and
we will have limited ability to take on new areas of work during this time.


We would ask you to bear with us, during this period of transition.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

In the meantime, if you would like to donate to our work and ensure the
fight continues, you can do so on our donations page [5] - your support
helps to fund work such as campaigning in support of our ongoing court case
[6] against UK government arms sales.

With thanks and in solidarity,

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Siana Bangura
TRAINING & EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR, CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE

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