Stop The Arms Fair

Stop The Arms Fair

Take action! from 1-13th september

See what’s planned for the week of action.
A massive arms fair is planned to take place in the UK in September 2013. The arms fair welcomes:

• The world’s worst human rights abusing regimes
• The Russian arms suppliers to Syrian President Assad
• The companies supplying teargas used in Turkey, Brazil and Bahrain
• Israeli companies displaying “battle-tested” weapons

The US and UK will seek the next generation of weapons for their wars, while the arms companies aim to set the agenda for more exorbitant military spending.
The arms fair brings together 28,000 international buyers and sellers. The deals that begin here fuel the arms trade the world over. Death, injury, fear and repression are exported from the arms companies on our doorstep.

We can make a difference

When the fair took place in 2011, we challenged the opening night arms dealers’ reception at the National Gallery. One year later we put an end to an arms company’s sponsorship of the National Gallery.