Banned Equipment Advertised at Arms Fair

The Guardian reports today that leg irons and stun batons, both banned for export under British law, are being advertised by an Israeli company, TAR Ideal, at the arms fair in Custom House.

Equipment that could be used for torture, including "portable devices designed or modified for riot control purposes, or self-protection to administer an electric shock, including electric-shock batons ... stun guns [and] leg irons" was banned in 1997.

Respect as ever to Mark Thomas for revealing this information.

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