Long road to arms exports transparency, the Dutch case
Last month the Dutch Government published its annual report on arms exports. We tend to think this kind of transparency is normal…
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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is a group of independent researchers and activists on arms trade, the arms industry and lobbying. Stop Wapenhandel advocates sustainable security, not based on military power and deterrence but on solving the causes of insecurity.
Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) and the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group.
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Migration – follow the money
[Published at openDemocracy, 30 July 2016] The EU must acknowledge its part in fuelling the drivers of migration and work to stop…
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Dutch surplus arms to Jordan
The Dutch government should reconsider its arms export policy to Jordan considering the recent scandals and developments in the region. It should…
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Press Release: Organisations dispute arms export license for Egypt in court
Amsterdam/Utrecht, 6 July 2016 – Today the Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists (NJCM) and the peace organisations PAX and…
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Component control
In December 2014 Dutch MP’s, Servaes (Labour) and Sjoerdsma (Liberals) published a report called: ‘Weapons and principles, ambitions for a reliable and…
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The European arms dealers profiting from the refugee crisis
Press release Amsterdam, 4 July 2016 – The European arms industry, involved in selling arms to the Middle East, is the same…
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Help refugees, stop arms trade!
In 2015 global military spending has reached $1700 billion, which is good news for the arms industry. At the same time, 60…
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Voice crying in the wilderness
‘Better late than never,’ wrote an anti arms trade activist from London when the 2014 EU Consolidated report on arms exports finally…
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European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) meeting in London
July 7 to July 9. Arms fair action from July 11. – UK Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is hosting the next annual European…
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European military industry: EU, give us 3.5 billion euros for military research
On 25 February a so-called ‘Group of Personalities’ (GoP) released the report ‘European Defence Research: The case for an EU-funded defence R&T…
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