{"id":28553,"date":"2018-03-27T18:13:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=28553"},"modified":"2018-03-27T18:13:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:13:17","slug":"six-protesters-arrested-cardiff-motorpoint-arms-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/27\/six-protesters-arrested-cardiff-motorpoint-arms-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Six protesters arrested at Cardiff arms fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SIX protesters were today arrested at an arms fair staged at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dprte.co.uk\/\">DPRTE<\/a> (defence, procurement, research, technology, and exportability) is an annual event that has been hosted in Cardiff since 2014. It used to be held in Bristol, but was forced to relocate because of local opposition.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe want to be clear that this is not an arms fair. It is a procurement event. You can see inside that this is not an arms fair,\u201d said Laura Aitkenhead, one of the organisers.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28554 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28554 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Gun-on-a-table-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, BAE Systems, the world&#8217;s second biggest defence company had a stall. Among other attractions was a gun that people could pick up to look through the latest gun sights made by stallholder Qioptiq. <\/span><br \/>\nEmma Goldman, one of the organisers of the protest, said: \u201cIf it\u2019s not an arms fair, then why are BAE there?\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Around 50 protesters shouted \u201cshame on you\u201d to people entering and exiting the arena. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow can you justify what you do?\u201d one woman shouted. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI make a lot of money and I don\u2019t care, it doesn\u2019t matter to me,\u201d replied somebody in the queue, which got a few chuckles.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28555\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28555\" 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Made-in-Britain-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Made-in-Britain-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Made-in-Britain-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Made-in-Britain-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Made-in-Britain-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> A protester holds up a sign<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout the day were lectures on how the arms industry works.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One talk, called Accessing International Opportunities, explained how exporters could get government help to sell weapons abroad. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major Steve Reynolds said soldiers could be hired to stand at stalls at arms fairs around the world to represent British businesses, and train foreign militaries in how to use British-made weapons. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott Ferguson, from Defence Contracts International, a tool used by suppliers to bid for arms contracts with military forces around the world, boasted of its wide experience. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIreland, Libya, Kosovo, we did all of those,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou can get 20 per cent off if you buy it from DPRTE today,\u201d he said at the end of his talk.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There were also talks from the arms industry lobbying group ADS, the US Department of Defense, and Raytheon, another of the largest arms companies in the world.<\/span><br 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Defence-contracts-online-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Defence contracts online<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are against the UK being a leader in the arms trade. We want an economy based on peace, not war,\u201d said Gareth Brenton, from Swansea Green Party.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s disgusting people making money from killing people. They had to move the fair from Bristol because the people there weren\u2019t happy with it. People in Cardiff and south Wales don\u2019t want to be associated with it either,\u201d said Steffan Webb, from Llandaff North Plaid Cyrmu.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As people walked out of the arms fair someone shouted: \u201cAll the blood and suffering in the world today and you want to make money out of it?\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDialogue is what we need,\u201d said a woman who asked not to be named. This was the first protest she had come to, and said a lot of people are put off from attending demonstrations like this because of all the aggression. \u201cI don\u2019t like the animosity,\u201d she said. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police arrested six protesters by the back of the arena. Ms Goldman said she and some of the other organisers will head down to Cardiff Bay police station to wait outside for them to be released. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe will provide court support as well, demonstrating outside and going inside the courtroom for emotional support,\u201d Ms Goldman said. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baris Aksoy, a Kurdish protester, criticised Turkey, one of the biggest customers of companies inside the arms fair like BAE Systems said: \u201cThese bombs are killing our people. We can create a world without weapons. They\u2019re bombing our cities and our villages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIX protesters were today arrested at an arms fair staged at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena. DPRTE (defence, procurement, research, technology, and exportability) is an annual event that has been hosted in Cardiff since 2014. It used to be held in Bristol, but was forced to relocate because of local opposition. \u201cWe want to be clear that this is not an arms fair. It is a procurement event. 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