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As protests against authoritarian regimes across the Middle East are met with violent repression, Campaign Against Arms Trade highlights the UK's role in arming the regimes.

The UK Government has approved the sale of tear gas and crowd control ammunition to Bahrain and Libya in the last year. Sales to these countries have been promoted by the UK government arms promotion unit UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO).

This weekend, the UK arms industry will attend a major arms fair, IDEX, in the Middle East, a 'priority market' for the UK. UKTI DSO will be exhibiting and UK arms industry trade body A|D|S boasts that 10% of exhibitors will be UK businesses and organisations.