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Two campaigners put up an anti-nuclear sign outside the APB offices in Netherlands

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January 2018

Action against an arms fair in Colombia, and a campaign win in the Netherlands

22 Jan 2018

Resisting police militarisation

A large number of heavily armoured police, with guns, march in Brazil

All over the world, police officers are looking more and more like soldiers. To help us understand this militarisation, War Resisters' International has developed a new web resource. We've researched how police forces are being militarised, drawn together the various trends we can see taking place, and illustrated all of this as a new online map. You can explore the resource here: www.wri-irg.org/police

15 Jan 2018

Colombian activists resist ExpoDefensa arms fair

Antimilitarist activsts interview members of the public dressed as santa and christmas elves, armed with water pistols and wearing military helmets

In December 2017, the Colombian government hosted the ExpoDefensa arms fair in Bogota. Nearly 300 exhibitors from 35 countries took part in the fair, with over 12,000 visitors attending, including 76 official delegations.

15 Jan 2018

Guatemalan women sue Canadian mining company

In Canada, eleven indigenous Guatemalan women are in the process of taking a multinational mining company to court. The women allege that in 2007, police officers, soldiers, and private security personnel attacked their village of Lote Ocho, in eastern Guatemala, and burned dozens of homes in a bid to drive the community from their ancestral land.

12 Jan 2018

ABP, Netherland's largest pension provider, ends investment in nuclear weapons

ABP – Netherland's largest pension provider – has decided to end it's it's investments in companies that produce nuclear weapons, as well as investments in the tobacco industry.

22 Jan 2018

War Profiteer of the Month: Northrop Grumman

A Northrop Grumman B2 bomber, flying over an ocean. The plane is black, and very aerodynamically shaped.

Northrop Grumman is the world's fifth biggest arms manufacturer, with over 68,000 members of staff around the world, and builds a wide range of weapon technology, including planes, drones, sensors, and radars.

22 Jan 2018

ENAAT position paper and information tool: European Defence Fund

Three politicians stand in front of a sign saying "Plan of Action: European Defence Fund" in French

The European Network Against the Arms Trade (ENAAT) has released a position paper and online information tool, outlining the network's view on the key decisions the European Parliament will take on the European Industrial Defence Programme in the coming weeks and months.

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