Friends prepare for DSEI 2023

‘We are preparing ourselves and strengthening our community to build a creative, vibrant and radical Quaker response.'

by Rebecca Hardy 24th February 2023

As Friends began gathering to discuss their campaigns against the Defence Security Equipment and International (DSEI) arms fair in autumn, the group Quaker Roots has highlighted news that British arms companies are reportedly planning to sell weapons in Ukraine. According to the Telegraph, chief executives are said to be meeting with their counterparts in Kiev to discuss starting joint ventures to manufacture weapons and military vehicles under licences.