Higher defence budget for new submarines
“We were waiting for the call to shoot,” an elderly man told me prior to a meeting on the acquisition of new…
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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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More, always more..
NATO budgets for arms acquisitions are growing. In the NATO report on 2015 the military treaty organisation states that in 2014, 17.4%…
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Dutch missile technology to Saudi Arabia?
Germany “supports the supply of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia,” concluded Left Party Bundestag member Jan van Aken in a reaction to…
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Figures for action
“Developing nations from 2011 to 2014 received 62% of the value of all international arms deliveries.” It is a text from the…
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Letterbox arms companies in the Netherlands
Tax evasion and weapon production
A few kilometres from the office of Stop Wapenhandel in Amsterdam, many arms companies have financial holdings,…
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Research report: Tax evasion and weapon production
Letterbox arms companies in the Netherlands
December 2015 update november 2018 – Many arms companies use the Netherlands for tax evasion constructions,…
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Dutch arms used in the Yemen war
Parliament supports proposal for investigation
24/11/2015 – It is very likely that arms and military systems sold from or transited through The…
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COP21: why climate change is an issue for peace activists
Next month Paris will be the venue of the important COP21 – United Nationals Conference on Climate Change. World governments have to…
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Seminar stopping the War Business – Talking tactics and linking methods
16-17 october 2015 – Seoul South Korea – Disrupting war profiteering takes a whole range of activities, from research, lobbying and legal…
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Why the Netherlands should not arm the Egyptian navy
While the world is watching Syria, and Europe finally becomes aware of the refugee tragedy that has burdened on Syria’s neighbouring countries…
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