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Campaigners to target arms fair at Twickenham Stadium
A Premiership match at Twickenham Stadium, London, December 30, 2023
CAMPAIGNERS are targeting the world’s best-known rugby stadium for protests against an arms fair which features exhibitors dealing weapons to Israel for its genocidal attacks on Gaza.
Twickenham Stadium in south-west London is the home of the English Rugby Union.
Every year the stadium hosts a conference which brings together arms manufacturers and buyers from some of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
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