Anti-arms protesters chained themselves to the main entrance of Telford's International Centre today as a controversial defence convention got underway.
Around a dozen protesters blockaded the vehicle and pedestrian entrances to the centre at 8am, with activists chaining themselves together and to the fences.
"Innocent civilians, including thousands of children, are being slaughtered right now in Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere in the world by weapons sold at conventions just like this one. Sal Mager, a 57-year-old archivist from Shrewsbury, added: “The military-industrial sector will be the death of us. Militaries account for an estimated 5.5 per cent of global greenhouse emissions.
Exhibitors at the event include Ultra Electronics, which according to Campaign Against Arms Trade , makes navigation controls for Predator and Reaper drones – machines used by the US in “targeted killing” missions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
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