Peace activists began a week of blockades of ExCeL centre in Docklands last Monday to stop weapons, vehicles and other military equipment arriving at the biennial Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair. By Sunday afternoon, after seven days of protests, 102 people had been arrested, mostly for obstructing the highway, the Metropolitan police said. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police officers try to remove activists lying in the road outside the DSEI arms fair, which begins on Tuesday. “This arms fair really is a dark stain on our country’s already tarnished reputation. Since the war began, not one licence to export arms to Saudi Arabia has been rejected by the government.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2017 13:57 UTC