maandag 28 augustus 2017

Week 34 in #wapenhandel25tweets

(Gaarne 'liken' of delen als je het nuttig of interessant vindt.)

Vandaag komt Stop Wapenhandel met het jaarlijkse wapenexportrapport over het voorgaande jaar, 2016. Nederland blijft wapens leveren aan controversiële landen. Kritisch, maar ook gematigd positief over het beleid van de overheid bij het controleren van wapenexporten. Uit de inleiding:

Het wapenexportbeleid in 2016 laat zien dat de regering een aantal duidelijke keuzes heeft gemaakt; er zijn meer vergunningaanvragen voor wapenexport afgewezen dan voorgaande jaren. Met name de situatie in Turkije en de oorlog in Jemen baren zorgen en dat is gedeeltelijk terug te zien in het afwijzingsbeleid. Niet consequent is dat soms weer wel een exportvergunning wordt afgegeven, ook voor landen waar andere vergunningen geweigerd zijn op grond van bijvoorbeeld het Mensenrechtencriterium. Zo zijn er naar Turkije heel wat vergunningen geweigerd, maar ook heel wat vergunningen wel afgegeven (zie verderop).“




Nederland (zie ook )

1 – 250817: Eis: Twee jaar gevangenisstraf voor uitvoer verboden goederen naar #Iran https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/@99952/eis-twee-jaar/ - 2 Year prison sentence demandedby Dutch court for breach of EU nuclear-related EU sanctions on Iran http://www.worldtradecontrols.com/two-year-prison-sentence-demanded-in-dutch-sanctions-enforcement-case/

2– 250817: Update @DutchMFA licenses for military exports January 1, 2004-June 30, 2017 (https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2016/10/01/overzicht-uitvoer-militaire-goederen)

EUROPA

Bulgarije (zie 4, 7)

Duitsland (zie ook 24)
3 – 260817: New end-use-certificate for German authorities (BAFA)https://www.pst.ag/single-post/2017/08/16/New-End-Use-Certificate-for-German-Authorities-BAFA

Frankrijk
4 – 220817: Macron selling war ships to Bulgaria (might back pitch). https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2017/08/21/macron-might-back-warship-pitch-to-bulgaria/

Noorwegen (zie 24)

Turkije
5 – 250817: Yildrim on #Turkey & #Vietnam: “our mutual cooperation can immediately be initiated, primarily the defense industry” http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nID=117104&NewsCatID=345

6 – 210817: How UK arms sales are helping Erdogan build a self-reliant dictatorship in Turkey. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-17b3-Aiding-and-abetting-Erdogans-brutality #StopDSEI

VK (zie 6)

REST VAN DE WERELD

Armenië & Azerbeidzjan
7 – 260817: Armenian Press: #Bulgarian journalist disclosing #Azerbaijan’s support to arms transports dismissed #fogofwar https://armenpress.am/eng/news/903045/bulgarian-journalist-disclosing-azerbaijan%E2%80%99s-support-to-terrorists-dismissed-from-post.html

Australië (zie )

8 – 240817: #Arms #manufacturers allowed to bypass #discrimination laws in North South Wales, #Australia. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/23/arms-manufacturers-allowed-to-bypass-discrimination-laws-in-nsw

9 – 240817: #Australian patrol vessel acquisition key to shipbuilding down under. #Damen http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/offshore-patrol-vessel-project-key-to-our-shipbuilding-future/news-story/c5c38631c75e5ff2dd94f9b946bdc4ed

Brazilië (zie 22)

Canada
10 – 230817: Activists spoke to politicians with oil$$ in their ears. #Canada must scrap #Saudi arms deal, says @ploughshares_ca http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cesar-jaramillo/canada-cant-keep-denying-it-ought-to-scrap-saudi-arms-deal_a_23079376/

China (zie 13, 21)

Egypte
11 – 240817: US to withhold up to $290 million in Egypt military and economic support aid programs - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-egypt-exclusive-idUSKCN1B225F

India
12 – 280817: Army probe had found Hindu right winger Purohit involved in illegal weapons deals and intra-Hindu extremists killing http://indianexpress.com/article/india/army-probe-had-found-shrikant-prasad-purohit-dealt-in-illegal-weapons-deals-4813974/

13 – 220817: How to regard the massive arms imports by Delhi in the light of #China-#India border stand-off http://pakobserver.net/china-india-border-stand-off/ … #Pakistan

Iran (zie 1)

Indonesië
14 – 250817: #Indonesia wants to start its own #drones production by 2022 (ITB, PT Dirgantara Indonesia and PT LEN Persero) https://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2017/08/21/078901852/2022-indonesia-akan-punya-drone-canggih-buatan-dalam-negeri

Jemen
15 – 260817: If you'll fly with e.g. a #747 remember #Boeing also upgrades #Saudi #Chinook helicopters used during war in #Yemen. http://www.defenseworld.net/news/20369/Boeing_to_Upgrade_Saudi_Arabian_Chinook_Helicopters#.WaFOFnuQAoA.twitter

Maleisië
16 – 250817: Retweet @FrankSlijper: Malaysia launches its 1st French-designed warship fitted with UK, NL, GE and CH equipment, assistance https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2017/08/24/malaysia-launches-its-first-french-designed-lcs-as-navy-moves-to-modernize/#.WZ_091puGvg.twitter


Nigerië
17 – 260817: Human Rights Record: Stop sale of arms and military hardware to #Nigeria, Shi'ite organisations ask US Government. http://sundiatapost.com/2017/08/25/human-rights-record-stop-sale-of-weapon-military-hardware-to-nigeria-shiites-to-us-govt

Oekraïne
18 – 260817: Mattis vows support for #Ukraine but stops short of promising weapons http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-fg-ukraine-mattis-20170824-story.html

Pakistan (zie )
19 – 230817: Peculiar situation: #Pakistan seems to be the bad boy on the block. Arms sales continue. #Thales Netherlands e.g. just exported naval radar.

Paraguay (zie 22)

Saoedi-Arabië (zie ook 10, 15, 26, 28)

Vietnam (zie 5)

VS (on FMS) (zie ook 11)
20 – 230817: Does the Foreign Military Sales #FMS program work timely? US Ministry of Defense hasn't a clue. Don't collect info. http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/686720.pdf

DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE

Damen (zie 9)
Thales (zie 16)

WAPENS

Drones (zie ook 14, 23)
21 – 260817: Drone swarms vs conventional arms: Clearly the US and China are in some sort of weird swARMs race. https://www.ft.com/content/302fc14a-66ef-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614 … via @FT

22 – 230817: #Drones and counter systems in South America. #Paraguay seeks systems to intercept #Brazilian #UAVs | Jane's 360 http://www.janes.com/article/73287/

F-35
23 – 250817: US 2 most advanced fighters, the #F35 & #F22, cannot currently transmit and receive #information between each other http://www.c4isrnet.com/air/2017/08/23/northrops-fix-for-f-35-and-f-22-communications-problems-involves-global-hawk-uavs/#.WZ_ldgR1uds.twitter

Onderzeeërs
24 – 230817: #Norway to buy four #ThyssenKrupp #submarines in 4.3 billion euro deal. #Dutch want them bigger and cheaper!? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-norway-submarines-idUSKCN1B21D8

Wapenbeurzen (zie 6, 28)

OVERIG

25 – 230817: Is there such a thing as "Attempted" arms #brokering? https://defensetradelaw.com/2017/08/21/is-there-such-a-thing-as-attempted-arms-brokering/ via @goldsteinpllc

Onderzoek en activisme

26 – 260817: If UK high court rule on arms to Saudi's stays the same the logical conclusion is that the current regime is flawed. http://controlarms.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Analysis-of-Court-decision.pdf

27 – 280817: Agree: We can’t ban killer robots – it’s already too late | @philipcball But how to stop them in this situation? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/22/killer-robots-international-arms-traders

28 – 260817: Local paper on foreign affairs, British political elites, greed, arms sales, BAe, Ryadh, & protest at DSEI arms fair http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/15495752.Give_peace_a_chance/

This is a selection from a larger amount of tweets. Tweets with a relation the Netherlands, arms trade and defence-industry weight heavier in the selection. If you want to have them daily see http://twitter.com/martinbroek