📌 #oped - Disappearing Acts Series

Historic Mediterranean #dockworkers Strike -

More Than 20 Ports Launch Strike Against War, Militarization, and Port Privatization

By Ana Vračar - Health Reporter / PHM Europe

#civilprotection #civilcourage
#ports #mediterranean #armssales

📰 (Publ. FEB-07) on Savage Minds 👇🏽

https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/historic-mediterranean-dockworkers?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Ukraine to Buy $185M worth Spare Parts for U.S. Supplied Vehicles

https://defensemirror.com/news/41054/Ukraine_to_Buy__185M_worth_Spare_Parts_for_U_S__Supplied_Vehicles

#Ukraine #USDefense #MilitaryLogistics #ArmsSales #Pentagon #DSCA #DefenseIndustry

Yemen: UN report

September 2019

UN Human Rights Council publishes a report yesterday (3 September 2019) on human rights infringements by Britain France and USA

The UN’s panel of eminent experts on Yemen has today published a damning report on the activities of the UK government and others into the atrocities being committed in Yemen.  They conclude that international human rights law has been infringed.  The most damning conclusion is:

The Experts found reasonable grounds to believe that the conduct of hostilities by the parties to the conflict, including by airstrikes and shelling, continued to have an extreme impact on civilians and many of these attacks may amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law.  The Experts further found reasonable grounds to believe that, in addition to violations related to the conduct of hostilities, the parties to the armed conflict in Yemen are responsible for arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, sexual violence, torture, ill-treatment, child recruitment, violations of fundamental freedoms, and violations of economic, social and cultural rights.  These amount to violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable. Subject to determination by an independent and competent court, many of these violations may result in individuals being held responsible for war crimes.

The Campaign Against the Arms Trade has waged a long legal battle with the UK government which was successful in June  persuading the Court of Appeal that the Secretary of State’s actions were ‘irrational and therefore unlawful.’

Further background on the UN report can be found in a Guardian article 3 September.

Another extract from the report details activities we have previously highlighted:

The report notes that coalition air strikes have caused most direct civilian casualties.  The airstrikes have hit residential areas, markets, funerals, weddings, detention facilities, civilian boats and even medical facilities.  Based on the incidents they examined, the Group of Experts have reasonable grounds to believe that individuals in the Government of Yemen and the coalition may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution that may amount to war crimes.
“There is little evidence of any attempt by parties to the conflict to minimize civilian casualties. I call on them to prioritise human dignity in this forgotten conflict,” said Kamel Jendoubi, chairperson of the Group of International and Regional Eminent Experts on Yemen.

The UN report can be accessed here.

If you live in the Salisbury, South Wilts/North Dorset area we would and would like to join us, you would be very welcome.  The best thing is to keep an eye on this site or our Facebook and Twitter pages and come to an event.

#armsSales #ArmsTrade #CAAT #UK #UnHumanRightsCouncil #UN #Yemen

U.S. Clears $8.7B Israel Arms Sales Covering Apache and AW119Kx Helicopters, JLTVs, Namer APC Systems

https://defensemirror.com/news/40996/U_S__Clears__8_7B_Israel_Arms_Sales_Covering_Apache_Helicopters__JLTVs__Namer_APC_Systems

#USIsrael #ArmsSales #ForeignMilitarySales #ApacheHelicopter #JLTV #DefenseNews

🗨️ Check out this link concerning #germany 's complicity in the #genocide in #gaza - embedded an interview w/researcher Shir Hever, who participated in the report presented to the ICJ and the UN #humanrights council - Hever analysed data and hebrew sources published by the ISR army i.e.👇🏽

https://gn-stat.org/?p=4005

Sources: SWI / Global Net 2025-OCT

#armssales #warcrimes #UNfail

#evidence #internationallaw #genevaconvention #ihl #law
#palestine

#civilprotection

China vows to counter US arms sales to Taiwan

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1427118/china-vows-to-counter-us-arms-sales-to-taiwan/

Doanh thu của 100 nhà sản xuất vũ khí hàng đầu thế giới đã đạt mức kỷ lục 679 tỷ USD trong năm 2024. Nhu cầu mua sắm vũ khí được cho là tăng mạnh do ảnh hưởng từ các cuộc xung đột ở Ukraine và Gaza.

#TinTức #VũKhí #QuốcPhòng #KinhTế #XungĐột #Ukraine #Gaza
#WorldNews #ArmsSales #DefenseIndustry #Geopolitics #GlobalEconomy #UkraineWar #GazaConflict

https://vtcnews.vn/doanh-thu-ban-vu-khi-tren-toan-cau-dat-679-ty-usd-cham-muc-ky-luc-ar990383.html

According to a survey in Germany, the majority of Germans oppose their government’s military support for Israel. #Germany #Israel #Gaza #MilitaryAid #ForeignPolicy #USGermanyRelations #PublicOpinion #KörberSurvey #DiplomaticPressure #ArmsSales #HolocaustResponsibility #FrancePartner #UkraineWar #Democracy

https://kokcha.news/9985/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

NGOs sue Leonardo, Italy government over arms sales to Israel

Seven civil society groups in Italy brought a lawsuit against the government and the state-controlled defence group Leonardo in late September over arms sales to Israel.

The move comes in a bid to stop weapons being exported from Italy to Israel.

#Gaza
#Israel
#Italy
#ArmsSales
#news