Open letter to Exhibition Centre

Dear Gareth Rogers, CEO of Farnborough International and owner of Farnborough Exhibition Centre,

RE: Don’t be complicit in a GENOCIDE at the International Armoured Vehicle Conference

You are holding an event in January which is going to enable the sales of weapons to a military currently committing war crimes. (According to Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, MSF). We implore you to ban any companies or delegations involved in the genocide in Gaza from attending your event. This includes the following companies that you have sponsoring your event: 

BAE Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems, Honeywell, Leonardo DRS, Milrem, Patria, RENK, Rheinmetall, Supacat, Teledyne Flir, Thales, Ultra PCS.

They are all involved in the supply of weapons to the Israeli military, a military that is indiscriminately murdering civilian men, women and children. So far 70,000 people have been murdered in Gaza. (Sources: BBC, The Guardian.)

We further implore you never to invite these companies (or any future companies with links to Israel) back to this event in the future until there are no longer crimes against humanity being committed with these weapons.

Signed,