Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade.

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  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
March 12, 2026 at 7:36 AM

WRITE TO YOUR MP: No UK weapons or bases used for war on Iran

Take action against the role of UK weapons in the war on Iran [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, UK-made weapons were [reportedly used]([link removed]) in the recent deadly American Tomahawk mis…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
March 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM

CAAT condemns illegal US-Israeli war on Iran

No war with Iran! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] [Statement: CAAT condemns illegal US-Israeli war on Iran]([link removed] [Read online]([link removed] CAAT condemns the US and Israel’s illegal war on I…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
February 27, 2026 at 3:35 PM

Repression and lies won’t stop us

Read on for anti-arms trade updates! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, State repression is unfortunately nothing new to those standing up against the arms trade and the genocides it perpetuates…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
February 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM

NEW ACTION: Novotel London West - drop the International Military Helicopter Conference

Arms fairs out of UK hotels! [link removed] Dear friends, The annual International Military Helicopter (IMH) conference is taking place this week at Novotel London West, from the 24th to 26th of February. IMH will bring together government, military, naval and aviation officers from around …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM

Thank you for contacting your MP: Genocide debate

Did your MP speak? [link removed] CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her! Dear Friend, Thank you to the thousands of you that wrote to your MPs last week urging them to speak in the debate “Obligation to Assess the Risk of Genocide Under Interna…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM

Link working! Urgent: Call on your MP to speak at debate on Genocide in Gaza

Link working! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Friend, With sincere apologies, due to a technical issue with our website the link below was not working for a time. The same link is now operational. …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM

Urgent: Call on your MP to speak at debate on Genocide in Gaza

Urgent: Email your MP [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Friend, This week a Backbench Business Debate on "[Obligation to Assess the Risk of Genocide]([link removed]) Under International Law in Relation …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
January 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM

NEW ACTION against F-35s: jets of genocide and American military intervention

Email your MP to keep the pressure on! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, Outside of the United States, the UK is the only other “number one partner” in the F-35 fighter jet programme. F-35s are…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
January 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM

CAAT News 275 is now online - READ HERE!

CAAT's news and comment [link removed] [link removed] Dear Supporters, CAAT News 275 is here! CAAT News goes by email to many thousands of readers and we also send out a printed version, but to far fewer. After a hiatus in the middle of last year, when we were only able to get CAAT Ne…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
January 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM

Resist protest repression and take action against the arms trade!

Will you join CAAT to confront arms dealers once again? [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, The government’s attempt to ban protests which have a so-called “[cumulative impact]([link removed])” h…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM

Easy View - 2025 End of Year Round-up

Another hugely busy year for the CAAT team [link removed] [CAAT's logo showing four missiles being prevented by Campaign Against Arms Trade]([link removed] Dear Friends, We're sending this a second time to give everyone a chance of catching up with our activities in 2025. A problem with…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM

Statement: British-produced military equipment used in US attacks on Venezuela

British-produced military equipment used in US attacks on Venezuela [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] [British-produced military equipment used in US attacks on Venezuela]([link removed] Solidarity with the …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
December 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM

CAAT - End of Year Round-up 2025

CAAT's busy 2024 [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dear Friends, As we come to the end of 2025, all of us at CAAT would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you – members of local groups, campaigners, funders, and partners – for your support, tenacity, confidence and enc…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Urge your MP to sign EDM 2451 - arms embargo on the UAE!

The flow of British weapons to the RSF's genocidal forces, via the UAE, must end immediately [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, Thank you so much to all of you who have signed and shared our [pe…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM

Important Notice about CAAT News

Alert to readers of CAAT News [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dear Supporters, If you receive printed issues of CAAT News, you will not have received numbers 272 or 273. This is due to circumstances beyond our control. But you can always read our publications, including back…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM

NEW ACTION: Email your MP! Arms embargo on the UAE now!

Arms embargo on the UAE now! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, British military equipment, diverted from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), [has played a role in]…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM

NEW ACTION: Arms embargo on the UAE now!

British weapons are fuelling Sudan’s genocide through arms exports to the UAE! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, CAAT recently [wrote]([link removed] urgency regarding the British military equi…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM

CAAT Statement: Court of Appeal refuses Al-Haq permission to appeal regarding arms licences to Israel

CAAT Statement: Court of Appeal refuses Al-Haq permission to appeal regarding arms licences to Israel [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] CAAT Statement: Court of Appeal refuses Al-Haq permission to appeal regard…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM

Statement: Stop Arming the UAE! Stop the Sudanese Genocide!

Statement on Sudan [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Statement: Stop Arming the UAE! Stop the Sudanese Genocide! [Read the statement online]([link removed] British-made military equipment, sold to the UAE…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM

CAAT - looking back at the Stroud Peace Fair

Forthcoming events here too [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dear friends, Here we look back at the Stroud Peace Fair and forward to some things happening this weekend and next year.... CAAT took a stall at the Stroud Peace Fair - Saturday 18th October “We’re bored by Arms…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM

CAAT News 274 is now LIVE!

Loads to read and digest in CAAT News [link removed] Dear Friends, STOP ARMING GENOCIDE! This has been CAAT's cry for months. CAAT News 274 sheds light on so many of the shocking things happening both at home and worldwide; the world continues to be an increasingly dangerous place to …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM

Statement: Ceasefire must lead to real peace, freedom for Palestinians, and accountability for all abuses

Statement: Gaza ceasefire [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] CAAT welcomes the ceasefire agreed in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian armed groups. An end, at least for now, to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, and…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM

EMERGENCY PROTEST: Stop arming Israel 9 AM Thursday 9th October, Royal Courts of Justice, London

EMERGENCY PROTEST, Royal Courts of Justice, 9 am 9th October [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] EMERGENCY PROTEST Support the appeal against the UK government arming Israel Rally outside the Royal Courts o…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
October 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM

TAKE ACTION - stand up for the right to protest!

How the Crime and Policing Bill (2025) will repress activists [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, Our right to protest is under attack. The past year has seen [more than 2000 people risk terroris…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
September 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM

DSEI mass disruption and more!

DSEI 2025 UPDATES AND MORE [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Last week saw a historic mobilisation against the first day of the UK’s largest arms fair - Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI). Hund…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM

Huge Win for CAAT campaigning in Scotland

No public funds for genocide in Scotland! [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dear Friends, Last week (on 3rd September), Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, [announced]([link removed]) that the Scottish Government and its agencies, such as Scottish Enterprise, would no longer…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
September 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM

CAAT - DSEI - week 1 latest

DSEI, a campaign victory & new publication [link removed] [link removed] Dear Friends, It’s an exceptionally busy time at CAAT with protests starting against Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), a [campaign victory]([link removed] and the publication of our revised briefi…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM

CAAT - a DSEI update!

What's happening, when and where [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dicing With Death! The dreaded DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International) is making its unwelcome biennial return to the UK, and takes place next month at the ExCeL exhibition centre in London Docklands. …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM

NEW ACTION - Demand hotels near DSEI say NO to war criminals

Demand hotels near DSEI say NO to war criminals [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friend, From the 9th to 12th September 2025, Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) will welcome tens of th…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM

TAKE ACTION - Urge DSEI hotel-booking partners to sever ties

EventBeds™ by NuBreed Hotels: Drop DSEI [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] DSEI, where the world’s biggest and worst arms dealers come together to make deals in death and destruction that cause misery worldwide,…
  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM

Campaign update: Government has questions to answer on arms sales to Israel

Parliamentary pressure on Gaza, latest research [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friend, As the UK war machine continues to fuel Israel’s Gaza genocide, people around the world face the devastating, le…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM

CAAT goes to Court

The proscription of Palestine Action [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Supporter, On Monday 21st July, CAAT will be in court to support the Judicial Review seeking to overturn the proscription of Palest…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM

CAAT News 273 is now online

Read CAAT News here! [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dear Friends, "WELFARE NOT WAR" - Stop the War Machine More and more money is being poured by the UK Government into “rearmament” - in return, slashing overseas development and chiselling away at the benefits for sick and …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM

European Rearmament & Palestinian Genocide

Watch the video here! [link removed] [link removed] Dear Friends, CAAT and SWI (Shadow World Investigations) hosted ENAAT (European Network Against Arms Trade) in London this June. On Friday, 13th June, together with ICOP at SOAS, CAAT and SWI arranged an important discussion on the i…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
June 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Palestine Action - Solidarity Statement

Direct Action is not Terrorism! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION. CAAT SOLIDARITY STATEMENT. Let's be clear: Direct Action is not terrorism and taking action against genocide pro…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
May 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM

URGENT: New Action - Tell your MP to Stop Arming Genocide

NEW ACTION: CALL ON YOUR MP TO STOP ARMING GENOCIDE [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Friend, Israel has been granted unprecedented impunity by the international community, and Western Governments in pa…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
May 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Invitation - Between Gaza and (Re)Armament

Arms Trade, Rule of Law and Europe's Moral Standing [link removed] [Invitation with five speakers photos and a large bomb overshadowing] Between Gaza and (Re)Armament - Friday, 13th June 2025 CAAT and SWI (Shadow World Investigations) are hosting ENAAT (European Network Against Arms Tra…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
May 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM

UK government's complicity in Israel's genocide is worse than we thought

New report reveals genocide links [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Supporter, As you may have seen, a [new report]([link removed]) has exposed serious questions this government needs to answer over its…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM

CAAT Petition - Kick Israel out of DSEI!

CAAT's new petition [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Supporter, As you may be aware, 2025 is a DSEI year. In other words, it’s a year when the world’s worst arms dealers return to London in September f…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM

CAAT News 272 is now online

First CAAT News of 2025 - Read Now! [link removed] Dear Friends, A New Year, but the same old story? The news continues to be depressing, and the old trade in death and destruction continues, yet we remain resolute in our opposition and commitment to end it. Welcome to the first of fo…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM

CAAT - UK must stop Warplane deal with Erdogan

Stop Fascist Erdogan buying Eurofighters! [link removed] [CAAT log - four red bullets are blocked by Campaign Against Arms Trade](caat.org.uk) [Eurofighter Typhoon jet in flight]([link removed] This is a slightly edited version of a highly important article posted on CAAT's website yeste…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
March 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM

CAAT - Freelance Researcher Commission

Research Role Commission [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] A Research Commission for CAAT: updating and expanding CAAT's country and company profile pages CAAT is seeking one or more freelance researchers to update and expand our country and company profiles on our website Cam…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
March 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM

CAAT - Israel's latest assault on Gaza

PRESS RELEASE ON LATEST ISRAEL ASSAULT [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE: STATEMENT ON ISRAEL'S LATEST ASSAULT ON GAZA Press Release - 18th March 2025 The genocidal attack that Israel has unleashed on the people of Gaza is designed to inflict maximu…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
March 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM

NEW ACTION: Call on your MP to support the Arms Trade Bill

NEW ACTION: Call on your MP to support the Arms Trade Bill [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Friend, Zarah Sultana’s [Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill]([link removed]) is listed for a [Second Re…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
February 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM

230 Organisations Demand F-35 jet Partner Countries: Stop Arming Israel

230 Organisations Demand F-35 Partner Countries Stop Arming Israel [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Friend, This week [230+ organisations]([link removed] from partner countries to the global F-35 jet p…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
February 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM

CAAT - Stunning Testimony from Mark Smith

UK arms export control is rotten to its core! [link removed] [link removed] Dear Supporter, As you may have seen in The Guardian on 10th February, [testimony from Mark Smith]([link removed]), a former diplomat and policy adviser at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has co…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
January 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM

CAAT - ADS dinner TOMORROW as 2025 kicks off!

Come and scoff at the scoffers! [link removed] Dear Friends, Those of you who looked through our [End of Year Round Up]([link removed] will know how much we achieved in 2024: reports; exhibitions; the F-35 interactive map; involvement with parliament and the courts; media appearances – in p…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM

CAAT - Our Right to Protest is Under Attack!

Protesting - do you know your rights? [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dear Supporter, You may have seen or experienced the police repression of the Palestine demo at the weekend. Over 77 people were arrested for allegedly breaching the draconian conditions imposed on the protes…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
December 20, 2024 at 5:40 PM

CAAT News 271 & 50th supplement - READ NOW!

CAAT is 50! Read all about it in CAAT News [link removed] Dear Friends, CAAT is 50! Fifty years of campaigning against the arms trade. We sincerely hope our work will not be needed in another 50 years. But, while this trade in death and destruction continues, we remain resolute in our …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
December 19, 2024 at 11:08 PM

CAAT - Round up of our activity in 2024

CAAT's busy 2024 [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Dear Friends, As we come to the end of 2024, all of us on the CAAT staff team would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you – members of local groups, campaigners, funders, and partners - for your support, tenacity, con…