Today, Wednesday 24th November, Indonesia hosts its first ever arms fair in Jakarta, with over 250 companies attending [1] including UK-based Rolls Royce [2] and a subsidiary of BAE Systems, Atlas Elektronik [3]. Arms from UK based companies have been used against civilians and insurgents in the conflicts of West Papua and Aceh. Campaigners opposed to arms exports and Indonesian civil rights group TAPOL called for an immediate arms embargo. Nicholas Gilby speaking on behalf of Campaign Against Arms Trade and TAPOL, the

Indonesia Human Rights Campaign, said