The world's largest biennial weapons fair will take place in London on Tuesday. The International Defense and Security Equipment Fair has been protested for several weeks. On Saturday activists demanded to end selling arms to the Turkish state.
The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair, which will start on Tuesday at the Excel Exhibition Hall in the British capital London, has been protested for a week.
Kurds and their friends called for a ban on the sale of arms to the Turkish state.
Kurdish activists and their friends gathered in front of the Exel Exhibition Hall chanting slogans. The police had taken huge security measures and did not allow the protesters to march and intervened.
An activist was detained during the short-term brawl. The number of people who have been detained in the protests during the past week has exceeded 100.
BRITISH WEAPONS ARE USED IN THE MASSACRES IN KURDISTAN
In spite of the harassment by the police, the activists continued their protest denouncing the use of British weapons in the massacres carried out in Kurdistan.
Tomorrow, Monday, on the eve of the opening of the arms fair a Peace Vigil will be organised from 7 to 8 pm.
LONDON MAYOR: LEAVE LONDON
Sadik Khan, the Labour party mayor of London has told organisers of the world’s largest arms fair to move it out of London as protests mount over the “abhorrent” event.
Khan wrote to the director of the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) saying he opposed the arms fair in the city.
