The Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) together with Peace and Justice have published an excellent report ‘Made in Scotland’ which highlight how Scottish arms manufacturers have fuelled the war in Yemen. Excerpt: UK-made warplanes, bombs and missiles have fuelled the conflict in Yemen which has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with 24 million people, 80% of Yemen’s population, requiring humanitarian assistance as of … Continue reading Made in Scotland
Professor Anna Stavrianakis outlines the complicity of UK arms manufacturers and Westminster government in breach of international law on sale of arms to regimes recognised by the same government as breaking human rights law. And then Yasmin Luqman, a British Yemeni activist, responds. 6.00pm – 7.45pm Friday 2 October Please book on Eventbrite and share the Facebook Event ewjf2 Join Campaign Against Arms Trade and Stop The War in exploring … Continue reading Exporting Death in Yemen
NAE CASH FOR NUKES! Divesting Scotland from nuclear weapons 6 for 6.30-8.30pm Tues 19 Nov, Edin Uni Law School, Quad Teaching Rm G158, Old College, South Bridge EH8 9YL. – Most Scots oppose nuclear weapons of mass destruction. – Scots banks / pension funds loan billions to weapons industry. – They fuel a new nuclear arms race – endangering us all. Come to the launch … Continue reading Nae Cash For Nukes
The information in this post was compiled by activists from Edinburgh Stop the War for use as a presentation to a discussion at the 2019 Edinburgh World Justice Festival. The largest polluter The largest industrial military in the history of the world, the US military is also the single biggest polluter on the planet. If the Pentagon were a country, it would be the … Continue reading War and the Environment
Edinburgh Stop the War public meeting as part of the Edinburgh World Justice Festival. Wednesday 9th October, 7.30pm at the Augustine Church, 41 George 4th Bridge EH1 1EL Continue reading War and the Environment
Saturday 15th June 2019 | Glasgow School of Art 20 Scott Street, Glasgow G3 6PE https://www.toyemenwithlove.org/ An event in Glasgow full of poetry, music, art, Yemeni culture, as well as speakers highlighting the situation in Yemen. Food: Cafe opens 12 noon: Yemeni inspired food & stalls To Yemen With Love: Main event: 3.00pm – 6.00pm Glasgow School of Art 20 Scott Street, Glasgow G3 6PE … Continue reading TO YEMEN WITH LOVE
The evidence of just how destructive the UK-backed Saudi war on Yemen has been continues to flood in. Last week, two separate reports outlined the scale of brutality unleashed on the Yemeni people. A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report concluded that nearly one-hundred civilians were killed or injured in Yemen every week in 2018 whilst the preface of the Days of Judgement … Continue reading Yemen: 4 Years of British Enabled Tragedy
Stop Selling Arms to Saudi Arabia Hands Off Yemen Vigil at the east end of Princes Street (by the Wellington Statue), 11am – 1pm Saturday 8th December Continue reading Edinburgh Vigil
If you are a member of a trade union, political party or other community organisation please download our model resolution on Yemen and arms sales to Saudi Arabia and get your branch or group to support the call for a ban. Continue reading Model Resolution on arms sales
Urgent action needed The Saudi-led coalition has started a major assault on the city of Hodeidah in Yemen. At least 149 people, including civilians, have been killed over a 24-hour period. Hodeidah is a crucial entry point for humanitarian aid into the war-torn country. The International Committee of the Red Cross has stated “Yemen’s survival depends on this city”. The UN is warning that Yemen … Continue reading A catastophe for Yemen
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