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While applauding Canadian ATT accession, civil society looks for action to curb our Saudi arms exports

June 24, 2019

We welcome Canada’s long overdue accession to the global Arms Trade Treaty. But it will only be meaningful if it is accompanied by concrete action to end our complicity in the suffering of innocent Yemeni civilians by suspending the export of Canadian-made LAVs to Saudi Arabia.

Yemen update, Venezuela video and more

May 23, 2019

Today’s blog post looks at an important step forward in the Yemeni peace process, French activism against selling arms to the Saudis and some hard-hitting questions for those who support the US-led effort to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.