Protest outside arms company’s office
A protest has taken place outside Northrop Grumman's office in London
by Harry Albright
8th September 2017
Members of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) protested outside Northrop Grumman’s office in central London on 30 August in opposition to Northrop’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its involvement in the arms trade. Northrop Grumman is the world’s fifth largest arms company. It has a longstanding partnership with Saudi Arabia and has also supplied weapons to UAE and Turkey.
Saudi Arabia, UAE and Turkey have all faced criticism over human rights violations. Since an international coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, began air strikes in Yemen, in March 2005, there have been over 10,000 deaths. A famine in the country has resulted in millions of people needing humanitarian aid.
