Burmese frigates to be equipped with Dutch tech despite arms embargo
Positive change is underway in Burma/Myanmar since President Thein Sein took office two years ago. The house arrest of opposition leader and…
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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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The value of an arms embargo
The European Union controversy whether or not to lift the embargo on supplying weapons to the Syrian opposition is on the agenda…
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Syria does not need weapons – keep the EU arms embargo
For months the British government has been pushing to amend the European Union arms embargo on Syria, in an effort to increase…
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US and Venezuela coast guards soon have similar Dutch patrol boats – thanks to Cuba
Damen Shipyards is the superlative of Dutch entrepreneurship. Using all kinds of Dutch export support – from royal visits to export credits…
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PRESS RELEASE EU arms embargo on Syria should not be amended, say peace groups.
30-01-2013 — Groups organised in the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) strongly oppose any moves to amend the current EU arms…
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Chilean ‘frigate gate’ is just a rumour for Dutch MoD
It often takes ages for major corruption cases to evolve from rumours and allegations into investigations, court cases and finally convictions –…
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate boosts arms exports to the Middle East, despite or thanks to Arab spring
The European Union’s arms exports rose by 18 percent in 2011 and most of it is for the Middle East. This is…
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PRESS RELEASE Large increase in EU arms exports – but ..
10 January 2013–Large increase in EU arms exports revealed – but annual report is untransparent, incomplete and unpublicised
The “Fourteenth Annual Report…
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Arms trade promotion compensating for declining domestic demand
With military budgets declining or frozen in most of Europe, arms producers are increasingly looking abroad to fill their shrinking order books.…
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Dutch ships assist Honduras in escalating war on drugs
Honduras is currently building up its naval forces, reportedly to counter international drugs trafficking. A stronger naval force would also help the…
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