Australia is cashing in on munitions sales to Africa under a ‘grotesque’ government plan
MAPW's work on arms sales features in SBS story.
Category weapons industry
Call for Arms Embargo: Myanmar
MAPW joins a call for UN to urgently institute a coordinated, global arms embargo on Myanmar in response to the February 1, 2021 military coup.
Charity drops deal with weapons company
MAPW welcomes the Smith Family's decision to terminate deal with global weapons giant.
PM’s deafening silence unacceptable on anniversary of Landmine Treaty
Australian PM has not acted on US government's landmine backslide.
Arms Control Coalition urges PM to respond to US landmines reversal.
The US has announced the reversal of a long-standing policy banning the use of anti personnel landmines outside of the Korean Peninsula.
Australia must be transparent about its military exports: Australian Arms Control Coalition
The Australian Arms Control Coalition calls on the Australian Government to immediately halt the export of arms to countries involved in the war in
Yemen.
UK Ruling on Arms Sales Should Trigger Australian Ban
Finding that the UK government failed to make a proper assessment of the risk of serious violations of International Humanitarian Law should trigger action in Australia.
Australian weapons, subsidies, fuel Yemen crisis
Doctors and other health professionals express outrage at government complicity with humanitarian suffering in Yemen.
Australian Government under fire over export of weapons system to war crime-accused Saudi Arabia
The ABC has revealed the Australian Government is providing tens of millions of dollars to Electro Optic Systems (EOS). With comment from MAPW.