Amnesty International: How Amnesty took on the UK government, and won

This case study details Amnesty International UK's campaign to raise awareness of and stop the selling of illegal weapons in the London Excel Centre, that directly targeted the UK government, the organisers and the public.

Amnesty International: How Amnesty took on the UK government, and won

Executive Summary

Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is the world's leading human rights activist group, tackling issues all over the globe.

But in 2015, Amnesty faced a local issue.

Every 2 years, the London Arms Fair at the ExCel centre trades everything from the latest machine guns to killer drones. However, recent fairs had revealed a more disturbing development: torture equipment and other illegal weapons, like cluster bombs, being advertised for sale, all due UK government inaction and an open loophole in EU law.

This was human...

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