Wapenexport en nieuwe actieplannen
Nieuwsbrief Campagne tegen Wapenhandel September 2011
“When the United Nations declared a no-fly zone over Libya, the armaments index on the New…
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Wapenexport en -doorvoer
Nederland is de 10e grote wapenexporteur in de wereld. Aan wapenexport wordt veel verdient, er is veelvuldig sprake van corruptie en dure wapenaankopen gaan vaak ten koste van sociale uitgaven. Wapens en militarisering zijn een bedreiging voor vrede, veiligheid en democratie.
Er zijn regels om wapenexport aan banden te leggen, zoals de Europese Gedragscode wapenexport en het VN wapenhandelsverdrag, maar deze regels zijn verre van waterdicht en landen zijn niet bereid tot strengere regels. Daarom onderzoekt Stop Wapenhandel wapendeals en de de structuren achter wapenhandel en wapenproductie.
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Arms trade and the Greek debt crisis
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Dutch firm joins forces with Nigerian navy to establish shipbuilding facility
Wieringerwerf-based company TP Marine intensifies its ties with the Nigerian navy. After providing it with catamarans and refitting its large patrol boats,…
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European anti-arms trade network endorses international call for Israel arms embargo
11 July 2011-European anti-arms trade groups have endorsed international calls for an arms embargo on Israel.
The call comes seven years after…
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Italian military relations with Israel
The Italian arms export law makes a distinction between two categories of weapons:
1) For military use (licences and deliveries) whose export…
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Saudi Leopards
Last week the Dutch parliamentary year finished, with on Thursday voting on hundreds of motions. Twelve of them were on arms export…
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Arms export policy used as greenwash
Thanks to mobile phones, the use of European weapons against brave Arab people demanding democracy is well-documented. Many Europeans were shocked, and…
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Shareholder values
EADS is a Dutch public limited company (“NV”), with headquarters in the university town of Leiden. When this pan-European enterprise was set…
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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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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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