Middle East dictatorships armed by H&K
The head of Egypt's armed forces (l) on Cairo's Tahrir Square with bodyguard wielding a H&K machine pistol Across the Middle East and North Africa, people have risen up to try to overthrow their...
View ArticleNotts arms dealer in trafficking conspiracy
Cotgrave businessman Guy Tinsley selling assault weapons at DSEi 2009 A Nottinghamshire businessman has been implicated in an international arms trafficking racket. Guy Tinsley, director of...
View ArticleOne Show reports on Notts arms companies
On March 17th, BBC TV’s prime-time magazine programme The One Show aired a report about Nottinghamshire’s hidden arms companies. In the wake of revelations about the UK selling arms to repressive...
View ArticleHeckler & Koch: weapon of choice for Gaddafi’s son
On Febuary 27th, as pro-Gaddafi militias and mercenaries were patrolling the streets of Tripoli, a video was posted to YouTube showing Saif al-Gaddafi, son of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi, rallying...
View ArticleHeckler & Koch armed Bahrain regime
Customers of H&K – Bahraini police on the rampage With security forces in Bahrain attacking protesters and dragging doctors from their beds, it has emerged that Nottingham-based arms company...
View ArticleHeckler & Koch investigated for arms to Gaddafi
Libyan rebel with H&K assault rifle from Gaddafi's compound When Libyan rebels stormed Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli in August, they seized a stockpile of brand new Heckler &...
View ArticleH&K raided again in Mexico corruption investigation
Mexican State Police with H&K assault rifle Police in Germany have once again raided the headquarters of arms company Heckler & Koch, this time amid allegations that the company has been...
View ArticleNew arms trade map includes Notts companies and demos
Campaign Against Arms Trade has produced a map of the arms trade in the UK. The aim of the project is to map the whole UK arms trade, allowing people to find where their local arms companies are and...
View ArticleArt-Activists Plan To Entomb H&K In Concrete
A group of performance artists and activists has come up with a bold plan to rid the world of the scourge of Heckler & Koch weapons – to seal the factory inside a concrete sarcophagus. Just as a...
View ArticleCampaigners leaflet health conference next-door to arms company
Conference venue Trent Vineyard, with Heckler & Koch in the background Anti-arms trade campaigners in Nottingham handed out hundreds of leaflets to people attending a health conference next door to...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....