Selling border militarization as a humanitarian effort
Just one week after the dramatic events off the coast of Lampedusa, where more than 300 refugees drowned when their boat sank,…
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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is an independent Dutch research and campaign organization opposing arms trade and arms industry. It investigates the lobby, the financing and the alternatives. Of special concern is the role of the arms industry in militarizing border and climate policy. Stop Wapenhandel works together with peace and social justice movements, engaged scholars and policy makers. Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT).
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More Dutch F-16s for Jordan
Struggling to balance its budget, the Dutch armed forces badly need cash from selling surplus stock weapons. The long list of available…
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Illegal arms trade legalised
The fallout caused by the war in Libya has yet to settle, while the next military intervention is already planned. The Maghreb…
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Egypt, arms smuggling from Libyan stocks
During and after the 2011 civil war in Libya, arms and ammunition has been stolen on a massive scale. It is not…
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Arms industry support as EU economic policy
“Time has come to take ambitious action” writes the European Commission in its July 24 communication named A new deal for European…
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Military industry profits from governments’ violations of rights of refugees
Especially since the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon in September 2011, the security market has become of increasing importance to…
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Troubles in the Desert; Mauritania as arms exports destination
Mauritania can hardly be called a hot spot for international arms traders. Although its military expenditure – almost 4 percent of Gross…
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The EU’s 28th member and Al Nusrah’s arms
The Brown Moses blog has gained international acclaim for identifying the use of weapons in the two year old Syrian war. One…
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Pensions and nuclear arms
Six years ago TV programme Zembla revealed how Dutch pension funds invested massive amounts of money in arms companies producing landmines, cluster…
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