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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 18h

Half of Americans polled consider buying a gun out of fear

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Half of Americans polled consider buying a gun out of fear - AOAV

Mass shootings are fuelling a culture of insecurity and self-defence

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 5d

Universities as military-industrial watchdogs: British colleges must never offer to monitor students for arms firms

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Universities as military-industrial watchdogs: British colleges must never offer to monitor students for arms firms - AOAV

Internal emails unearthed by The Guardian reveal UK universities pledged to surveil student chat groups and social media at the behest of defence companies anxious about campus protests.

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 8d

When generals become bankers: is Britain’s revolving door from defence to finance in the military-industrial complex now complete?

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When generals become bankers: is Britain’s revolving door from defence to finance in the military-industrial complex now complete? - AOAV

AOAV questions whether General Sir Patrick Sanders’s move from leading the British Army to heading Santander’s defence lending marks the final collapse of boundaries between public service and private...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 8d

Britain’s slow debridement of our right to protest against conflict and atrocity should concern us all

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Britain's slow debridement of our right to protest against conflict and atrocity should concern us all - AOAV

Britain’s new powers to restrict “repeat” protests mark the latest step in a quiet, decades-long erosion of the right to dissent against war and atrocity—an incremental bureaucratic tightening that, u...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 12d

RAF Gaza flights still shrouded in secrecy: MOD admits they happen but withholds numbers

New for @aoav.bsky.social

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RAF Gaza flights still shrouded in secrecy: MOD admits they happen but withholds numbers - AOAV

The Ministry of Defence admits RAF surveillance flights over Gaza since December 2023 but refuses to disclose their scale, while AOAV’s investigation suggests hundreds of sorties closely coincided wit...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 12d

Terrible news from Manchester on Yom Kippur. Thoughts are with the families of those killed, those injured, and the Jewish community facing such horror on its holiest day. Solidarity, sympathy, and strength at this dark moment.

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 13d

Irish scientific breakthrough might allow fingerprints to be seen on fired ammunition

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Irish scientific breakthrough might allow fingerprints to be seen on fired ammunition - AOAV

Irish scientists have developed a low-energy electrochemical method to recover detailed fingerprints from fired ammunition casings, a breakthrough that could transform gun-crime investigations worldwi...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 14d

Ukraine’s Other War: The Battle Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria - for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 15d

From aid to arms: the UK’s shifting footprint in Africa
Interesting report for @aoav.bsky.social here by Fareeda Khalifa

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From aid to arms: the UK’s shifting footprint in Africa - AOAV

The UK’s retreat from aid and surge in defence spending marks a historic reversal, with funds once tied to humanitarian relief now redirected towards military ends, arguably leaves fragile states, par...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 20d

Bloody Sunday trial: admissible at last aoav.org.uk/2025/bloody-...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · 20d

Chair of inquiry into killings in Afghanistan rebukes MoD bid to suppress evidence on Special Forces aoav.org.uk/2025/chair-o...

Chair of inquiry into killings in Afghanistan rebukes MoD bid to suppress evidence on Special Forces - AOAV

The chair of the Afghanistan Inquiry has rejected a Ministry of Defence bid to block publication of evidence on alleged Special Forces killings, reaffirming the principle of transparency against blank...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Sep 3

Journalism at risk: Wael al-Dahdouh, Jon Williams and Ramita Navai speak about the killings of journalists in Gaza at a London event moderated by AOAV’s Iain Overton

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Journalism at risk: Wael al-Dahdouh and colleagues speak about the killings of journalists in Gaza at a London event moderated by AOAV's Iain Overton - AOAV

At The Conduit in London, Wael al-Dahdouh, Ramita Navai and Jon Williams spoke with AOAV's Iain Overton about the systematic targeting of journalists in Gaza, Western media’s complicity, and the urgen...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Sep 3

Scotland and arms to Israel: a welcome stand against complicity in atrocity

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Scotland and arms to Israel: a welcome stand against complicity in atrocity - AOAV

AOAV applauds Scotland’s decision to pause public funding for arms firms supplying Israel, a vital step in aligning economic policy with humanitarian principle amid evidence of genocide in Gaza.

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Sep 1

@aoav.bsky.social stands in solidarity with @savethechildren.org's campaign.

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Aug 22

New report by Iain Overton and Matt George for @aoav.bsky.social

Data, drones and dependency: Britain’s AI war machine examined

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Data, drones and dependency: Britain’s AI war machine examined - AOAV

Britain’s Strategic Defence Review has put artificial intelligence at the centre of its military modernisation, but while billions are being invested in autonomy, the projects remain fragmented, heavi...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Aug 22

The black box of combat deaths: why Israel must release its Gaza casualty data

Excellent analysis for @aoav.bsky.social by @michael-spagat.bsky.social, as ever.

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The black box of combat deaths: why Israel must release its Gaza casualty data - AOAV

Israel’s refusal to release the underlying data behind its claimed Gaza combatant deaths creates a dangerous transparency gap, Professor Mike Spagat argues, undermining efforts to establish the true h...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Aug 20

What is Israel’s ‘most moral army in the world’ doing in Gaza?

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Aug 21

When 83% of Gaza’s dead are civilians: Israel’s intelligence leak confirms AOAV’s warnings on the toll of explosive weapons in cities

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When 83% of Gaza’s dead are civilians: Israel’s intelligence leak confirms AOAV’s warnings on the toll of explosive weapons in cities - AOAV

Israel’s leaked intelligence showing that 83% of Gaza’s dead are civilians confirms AOAV’s long-standing findings that explosive weapons in populated areas overwhelmingly kill non-combatants.

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Aug 20

Concern as MoD reportedly poised to hand £2bn training deal to Elbit, Israel’s largest arms firm

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Concern as MoD reportedly poised to hand £2bn training deal to Elbit, Israel’s largest arms firm - AOAV

The Ministry of Defence is reportedly poised to award a £2bn training contract to Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms firm and a key supplier in Gaza, sparking concerns that Britain is deepening its ...

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Aug 20

What is Israel’s ‘most moral army in the world’ doing in Gaza?

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social · Aug 20

Technical debates over famine definitions miss the point while children in Gaza starve

Powerful op-ed piece by @michael-spagat.bsky.social here for
@aoav.bsky.social

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Technical debates over famine definitions miss the point while children in Gaza starve - AOAV

While pro-Israel media accuse aid agencies of lowering the bar to declare famine in Gaza, the real issue is that methodological nit-picking obscures the urgent need for a ceasefire to allow proper ass...

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