Tag Archives: Arms Trade
DSEi protestors acquitted
Photo courtesy Last Hours Protestors arrested outside the dinner held for delegates of the DSEi [Defence Systems and Equipment International] arms fair were all found not guilty in court of breaching police orders. The seven protestors, who were part of a 30 strong demonstration outside the London Hilton hotel on September 10th 2009 against the [...]
DSEi 2009: Disarming the arms trade
Sophie Williams reports on all the action and analyses the police response Normally, I wince when people start shouting ‘Whose streets? Our streets!’, mostly because the chant is generally accompanied by hordes of riot police battering us into a kettle, and it is painfully obvious who really controls the streets. However, when Disarm DSEi visited [...]
Europe’s Largest Arms Fair
DSEi (Defence Systems & Equipment international) returns to the ExCel from 8th to 11th September, and already actions have started against it. Disarm DSEi and friends have come up with a map of where all the UK exhibitors have their headquarters, etc. Many different people are planning lots of different stuff. Disarm DSEi is specifically [...]
