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UK: "Killing Secrets" campaign

01 January 1999

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A campaign for a transparent and accountable arms trade - "Killing Secrets" - was launched in a party atmosphere at the Ministry of Sound in south London in February. "Killing Secrets", which stresses that it is not a disarmament movement, will "campaign for strict and unequivocal export laws overseen by an independent body with no vested or departmental interest in the arms trade". To this end it will be calling on Parliament to impose strict "requirements of transparency and accountability on the UK arms industry" and broadening the debate by making available facts about the arms trade which are not easily available or are deliberately concealed. This will include putting key players and decision-makers in the spotlight and publicising the "financial maze which supports the arms trade". Two projects underway are a whistleblowers service directed at those "who work in government and industry who wish to expose illegal activities related to the export of arms" and a forthcoming wallchart of 100 people in the British arms trade "including manufacturers, dealers, financiers, civil servants, "fixers" and military and intelligence personnel." With or without the double standards of the Labour government's so-called "ethical foreign policy" this is an important initiative. The campaign is looking for supporters to form local action groups around the country.

For information contact: Rae McGrath, Killing Secrets, PO Box 12, Wigton Delivery Office, Cumbria CA5 3DG.

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