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UK campaigners condemn arms trade scandal
Press TV – Activists from Amnesty International and Oxfam have taken a 17-tonne armored tank to the streets of central London, calling for an international arms trade treaty preventing transfer of weapons to regions where there is a risk of fuelling serious human rights abuses. Campaigners drove the vehicle around Parliament Square and along Whitehall to Trafalgar Square, aiming to highlight the importance of the International Arms Trade Treaty talks in New York which start on July 2. It was also driven past embassies of India, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya and the US in order to persuade their governments to sign up to a global control on the trade of guns and military equipment. Read Article
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