Norfolk CAAT

More on the shameful plea bargain BAE has made with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), on-going actions against UKTO DSO and Universities Day of Action

http://www.caat.org.uk/emailbulletin/1002EB/

On February 12 lawyers acting on behalf of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House issued a letter to the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) laying out their intention to request a judicial review of the 5 February 2010 decision by the SFO to enter a plea agreement with BAE.

A report released by Cluster Munition Coalition members IKV Pax Christi (Netherlands) and Netwerk Vlaanderen (Belgium) has found that 138 financial institutions worldwide still provide over $20 billion to the producers of cluster bombs

UKTI, regional gatherings and students actions against the arms trade.

Bulletin

"Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the ­"routine" monitoring of antisocial motorists, ­protesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers, in a significant expansion of covert state surveillance."
CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones

"One of BAE's former confidential agents, Count Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly, has been charged with bribery over arms deals in the first ever criminal case brought during long-running corruption investigations into the British arms maker."
Former BAE agent charged with bribery over arms deals

Support CAAT, more on UKTI DSO and putting pressure on parliamentary candidate, Election Watch and Democracy Club and CAAT events for 2010.

Bulletin

CAAT gatherings, UKTI DSO, BAE and the Serious Fraud Office and more...
http://www.caat.org.uk/emailbulletin/0911/

CAAT invites you to the Secret Peaceman's Ball (masks optional, unless you're special branch) - to meet, greet and have fun with other activists.

Monday, 21st December 7.30 - 10.30pm

St Thomas Church Hall, Earlham Road, Norwich (map)

CAAT's October bulletin can be read here:
http://www.caat.org.uk/emailbulletin/0910/

The following excellent letter was published in the EDP on 7th November:

Sadly, I have read that the Conservative Party, if elected next year, seems set to do the arms industry leaders' bidding.