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⚔ Investigative journalist and reporting on war - Action on Armed Violence 📗 History of suicide bomber: The Price of Paradise 📘 Global gun harm: Gun Baby Gun ☞ PhD for war-reporting ☞ Write for Byline Times / Declassified / The Guardian
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Owen Jones’s speech at the 2025 Amnesty Media Awards: a scathing indictment of Western media failures to report fully on the atrocities of Gaza aoav.org.uk/2025/owen-jo...

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Sudan’s airstrikes in South Darfur: a familiar pattern of indiscriminate violence aoav.org.uk/2025/sudans-...

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🔴 Ozymandias in Basra: Britain's Long-Forgotten Dead and the Futility of Imperial Certainty I visited Basra War Cemetery and found that its promise of memory, order and permanence no longer stands. For @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/ozymandias...

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The Strategic Defence Review 2025: a troubling step towards perpetual militarisation? aoav.org.uk/2025/the-str...

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The Strategic Defence Review 2025: a troubling step towards perpetual militarisation? aoav.org.uk/2025/the-str...

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Britain’s arms exports to Israel: parliamentary debate reveals deep concerns and conflicting justifications aoav.org.uk/2025/britain...

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Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland AR-15 ban: a victory for gun safety in a perilous time aoav.org.uk/2025/supreme...

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MoD's £1bn AI spend could make violence ‘more opaque, less accountable, and increasingly automated’ The Morning Star asked me about my thoughts on the UK's war-footing and investment in conflict AI. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mods...

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A critical commentary on the Prime Minister’s Govan speech and the expansion of Britain’s war economy aoav.org.uk/2025/a-criti...

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There is no safe place in Gaza. Impose an arms embargo and end the genocide now Pen International speaks out. www.pen-international.org/news/optisra...

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🔴 Ozymandias in Basra: Britain's Long-Forgotten Dead and the Futility of Imperial Certainty I visited Basra War Cemetery and found that its promise of memory, order and permanence no longer stands. For @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/ozymandias...

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Healey expects UK to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2034 “Angela Rayner, has not yet reached an agreement with the Treasury over how much she will have allocated for areas such as building social and affordable homes, and for local councils.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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According to the MoH detailed data set on Gaza deaths covering up to May 11, some 916 babies aged 0 and 16,506 aged < 18 have been killed so far. Meaning the IDF have killed more children than adults were killed on October 7.

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"Despite numerous court cases brought by HMRC, no big accounting firm has been investigated, fined or prosecuted. They are rewarded with government contracts and advise government departments." leftfootforward.org/2025/05/why-...

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My thoughts on warfare AI, the UK’s latest billion pound investment in such weaponry and what it means to be human. youtu.be/sJ3CMtGWaao?...

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Very important article. Allowing the decision to kill to be the result of the output of an algorithm is a horrendous idea, but it is currently scarcely questioned as part of emerging UK and western military thinking

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Investigating the Arms Trade: a free symposium at SOAS University of London on 27 June, 2–7pm. Join us to expose, empower and resist. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat...

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We can easily sleep walk into hell. This is my small attempt as a wake up call. We need to have a discussion about AI and what it means in warfare. Algorithmic warfare and the foreshadowed death of conscience aoav.org.uk/2025/algorit...

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1/ I’ve just finished writing a new report with Zoya Hibbert for AOAV on algorithmic warfare and how AI is reshaping the modern battlefield in ways we’re only starting to understand. aoav.org.uk/2025/kill-co...

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The philosophy of violence: Slavoj Žižek and the obscene logic of power My article on this controversial philosopher's approach to violence and the language of power aoav.org.uk/2025/the-phi...

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🚨 Spotted this role at Edinburgh Uni! Research Fellow for the WARSHARE project: exploring digital participation in warfare using AI. £49.5-£60.9k, hybrid working, 5 years. Apply by 27 June: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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"Iain Overton stated there is growing evidence that British weapons are being used in war crimes committed in Gaza, and that the continued export of weapons, despite the evidence, contravenes international law and the UK’s commitments under the Arms Trade Treaty."

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Automating death: How Britain Profits from War. A new film that focuses on AOAV's scrutiny of the UK's arms industry and the rising tide of AI and automated warfare. Thanks to Platform Films for this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUih...

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RUSI analyst Noah Sylvia speaks to AOAV on AI, ethics, and the future of armed conflict aoav.org.uk/2025/rusi-an...

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The philosophy of violence: Martin Luther King Jr. and the ethics of nonviolent resistance aoav.org.uk/2025/the-phi...

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Images from Basra

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"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." Martin Luther King

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When records fall silent: MoD refuses to disclose military animal deaths in 2024 aoav.org.uk/2025/when-re...

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When records fall silent: MoD refuses to disclose military animal deaths in 2024 aoav.org.uk/2025/when-re...

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It’s always good to see strong human rights journalism getting headlines.

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UK legal community urges government to sanction Israel over ‘intolerable’ suffering in Gaza aoav.org.uk/2025/uk-lega...

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