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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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24 mei 2011

European technology arming the world – European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company EADS – May 2011

Report on the military activities of EADS – The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) is a pan-European arms producer. It…

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22 mei 2011

No dialogue with tanks and soldiers

With hardly any foreign journalist in the country the little news that is getting out of Syria comes through people who take…

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22 mei 2011

Libyan war arms supplier meets in Amsterdam

Arms producer EADS has supplied arms to all parties in the Lybian war – to Khadaffi, to the British and the French…

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17 mei 2011

Supplier of Libyan cluster bombs claims compensation

In April The New York Times and Human Rights Watch revealed that Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi had used cluster bombs…

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11 mei 2011

Spring sales at the Dutch military

In April Dutch Defence minister Hillen announced long-expected defence cuts as part of austerity measures in response to the economic crisis. As…

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4 mei 2011

17 – 18 – 19 juni WAR STARTS FROM EUROPE – Stop arms trade and military support.

Meeting of the European Network Against Arms Trade in Helsinki, Finland. On the program amongst other items: Arms transfers to Gulf region…

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26 april 2011

Escalating border conflict no problem for Dutch arms trade with Thailand

The Thai-Cambodian border conflict has escalated over the past months. On 22 April at least six soldiers were killed and thousands of…

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12 april 2011

Global arms industry targets growth market in Rio

According to the latest figures of peace research institute SIPRI the world’s military spending continued its upward trend in 2010 with an…

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6 april 2011

Damen expanding in Vietnam

Dutch shipyard group Damen has signed a contract with the Vietnamese government aiming at a “step up in cooperation and transfer of…

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4 april 2011

Airbus Military manipulates Oxfam figure to bolster arms sales

Something that has struck me for years is the rather explicit nature of arms industry advertising. All military magazines have them. Promoting…

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