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

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 29, 2026 at 6:33 AM

Newport, Protest: Stop the Welsh Govt Arms Fair!

Arms dealers out of Wales! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friend Protest: 📍 International Convention Centre, Celtic Manor, Newport ⏰ 8AM Thursday 📅 3 September Campaigners including CND Cymru; New…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM

Business as usual on arms exports to UAE despite clear danger of new horrors in Sudan

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] [Click here to read the statement online]([link removed] Activists across the country have spent years demonstrating in solidarity with the Suda…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM

TAKE ACTION to stop the Home Office shutting down the undercover policing inquiry

Join the fight for justice for Spycops' survivors! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear supporter, Your help is needed to save the Undercover Policing Inquiry. As you may know, the Undercover Policing I…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM

Solidarity with The Barclays 5! Direct action is not terrorism!

Another group of activists are at risk of terrorism sentencing and need all our solidarity! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Solidarity with the Barclays 5! Direct Action is not terrorism! Read the statemen…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
August 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM

Burnham & Streeting - Headline Acts at International Arms Fair

Our New Leadership, Making Their Ambitions Clear At Farnborough [link removed] On July 9, Andy Burnham publicly stated that Labour "didn't get it right" on Gaza. His video message also included a pledge to bar arms sales to Israel wherever weapons could be deployed in Gaza or the West Bank. Th…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 21, 2026 at 9:06 AM

Andy Burnham: A 25-Year Timeline On Arms & Defence Policy

Does Andy Burnham's record on defence align with his recent rhetoric? [link removed] [CAAT logo with an image of the Houses of Parliament]([link removed] As the UK welcomes its sixth Prime Minister in ten years, questions are mounting over what a Burnham government would actually look like.…
  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 17, 2026 at 1:08 PM

Farnborough, 20th July: Protests and vigil vs. Farnborugh Airshow: Say No Horrorshow

Resist the Farnborough Horrorshow [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear Friend, Protests and vigils are expected vs. the Farnborough Airshow on Monday 20th July. This arms fair, which includes over 1000 arm…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM

600 Finance Leaders Confirmed At Arms Finance Summit

Barclays, Blackstone, British Business Bank - how to finance war [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] This year, Farnborough International Airshow is introducing a dedicated Finance Summit alongside its usual exhi…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 11, 2026 at 8:38 AM

TAKE ACTION NOW - tell hotels not to host arms fair delegates

Farnborough International Airshow 2026 quickly approaches! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, We have previously written to you about the upcoming [Horror Show]([link removed] - Farnborough Inte…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM

Black Wednesday: 3 Months On

Those responsible for Black Wednesday will have a blood-red carpet rolled out before them... [link removed] Yesterday marked three months since the massacre of Black Wednesday. On 8th April 2026, Israel killed more than 350 people across Lebanon, in under ten minutes. Israel launched a wave…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
July 7, 2026 at 7:34 AM

Billions more for nuclear weapons and AI warfare will make for a more dangerous world

Welfare not warfare! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Click [here]([link removed] to read the statement online The Defence Investment Plan announced last week by the outgoing Prime Minister from the offices…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
June 29, 2026 at 5:34 AM

TAKE ACTION against genocide pilot training

Email your MP now! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, [Over 60 parliamentarians]([link removed] have written to our government demanding an investigation into illegal military transfers from the…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
June 24, 2026 at 8:34 AM

Merchants Of Death Tour 2026

London CAAT is taking a tour through town [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] The Merchants of Death Tour is a two-hour walk past the headquarters of those spearheading the attacks on Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
June 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM

30 Days to Go: Farnborough's Record-Breaking Arms Fair

Barclays bankrolls the Supermarket of Death [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Every two years, Farnborough International Airshow descends on a small Hampshire town. It’s run by a subsidiary of ADS, the arms ind…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
June 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM

Direct Action Saves Lives

Palestine Action remains proscribed, but this won't stop people taking action against genocide [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Read the statement online [here]([link removed] In a frightening development, …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
June 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM

The Arms Industry's Favourite Minister Just Resigned

The arms industry isn't getting enough tax payer money [link removed] [CAAT logo with an image of the Houses of Parliament]([link removed] John Healey resigned as Defence Secretary yesterday. He says the government isn't spending enough tax-payer money on defence. The arms industry agrees. …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
June 10, 2026 at 5:31 AM

TAKE ACTION NOW: Moog UK training genocide pilots

The UK’s export licensing system facilitates British complicity in the Gaza genocide - email your MP now! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, With the Moog 4 [trial]([link removed]) having starte…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
May 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM

Here's What £5000 Of Your Support Made Possible

If you're a researcher, activist, lawyer or journalist - this resource is yours. [link removed] [CAAT logo]([link removed] Over the last 12 months, CAAT has been updating and expanding its core research base. We applied for a research grant to fund this work, but high demand on the grants p…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
May 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM

What Direction Are We Heading?

Let's consider what role the UK has been playing in the Iran war [link removed] [CAAT logo with an image of the Houses of Parliament]([link removed] With 3,400 casualties in Iran, and 2000 in Lebanon. With homes, hospitals, civilian infrastructure destroyed across the region. With the genoc…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 22, 2026 at 12:31 PM

A tentative victory?

"Extreme Protest Group" designation struck down!? [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, Last week in the House of Commons, MPs voted to [strike down]([link removed]) Lords amendment 311, which was …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM

£83 Billion In Arms: Track How The UK Fuels Global Conflict And Repression HERE

Open up official government records on UK arms exports with this interactive tool [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] [The UK Export Data Browser]([link removed] is a searchable, interactive database of every UK …
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM

TAKE ACTION - Allianz suing activists!

Email Allianz about its £289 694 lawsuit against activists [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, Following persistent direct action, protests and boycotts targeting Allianz, the global insurance co…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM

URGENT ACTION NEEDED - stop the “Extreme Protest Group” designation

The amendment will be in the House of Commons TOMORROW [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, Following February’s high court [ruling]([link removed]) that the proscription of Palestine Action was u…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM

How Your Support Exposed A £120m Loophole

They claimed these British arms wouldn't stay in Israel. They were wrong. [link removed] In the halls of Westminster, "re-export" has become a convenient excuse to keep the arms flow to Israel moving. But thanks to CAAT supporters, we have the tools to challenge the government’s claims and hol…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
April 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM

CAAT NEWS 276 is live - READ HERE!

Undercover Spycops; British arms found in Sudan; A 'supposed' ceasefire in Gaza... [link removed] Dear Supporters, CAAT News 276 is now live! Since CAAT News first went to print this year, conflict has spread across more than a dozen countries, beginning with the destruction of the Shaja…
  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]
March 31, 2026 at 6:35 AM

TAKE ACTION to challenge UK-US arms industry intertwinement

UK out of the F-35 Fighter Jet Programme! [link removed] [CAAT logo with young woman speaking truth to arms dealers via a megaphone. Go her!]([link removed] Dear friends, UK-produced F-35 fighter jet components continue to play a key role in the US-Israeli war on Iran. Fifteen percent of…
  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…