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#ChemicalWeapons #Novichok #Skripals #Investigation #Report
Putin ordered Salisbury poisonings as show of Russian power
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...

Vladimir Putin ordered the Salisbury poisoning to demonstrate Russian strength around the world, a public inquiry has concluded.
Lord ...
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #Novichok #Skripals #Investigation #Report

Independent report
Dawn Sturgess Inquiry report

Report on the death of Dawn Sturgess by novichok poisoning in Salisbury on 8 July 2018.

From: Home Office
Published 4 December 2025

www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #Destruction #Japan #China
Japan should make all-out efforts to expedite JACWs disposal process: Defense Spokesperson
eng.mod.gov.cn/2025xb/P/164...

"The Chinese side urges the Japanese side to conduct serious soul-searching on its crime of aggression, earnestly fulfill ...
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just published scientific analysis on the use of #camite in #Georgia
#ChemicalWeapons #RiotControl
Collateral damage: Cardiovascular and respiratory implications of tear gas deployment during peaceful protest

[ #OpenSource - PDF available]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #RiotControl #Camite #Georgia
Georgia Opens Inquiry Into BBC Report, Sources Under Scrutiny
www.occrp.org/en

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However, Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) announced it had launched an investigation in response to the report, citing suspected abuse of official authority...
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#BiologicalWeapons #1972BWC #India #Statement
Strengthening #Biosecurity for the #GlobalSouth, New Delhi (December 01, 2025)
www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Sta...

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Now, not only is India a party to the multilateral treaties of the BWC and the CWC, but also an active member of three multilateral ...
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #Georgia #RiotControl
@dankaszeta.bsky.social

Concerning yesterday's BBC report (www.bbc.com/news/article...) about the use of Bromobenzyl cyanide ( #WW1 code: BBC - no pun intended), and named Camite (WW1 code: CA) by the French, check out:

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December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #Implementation #SaudiArabia
Under the Patronage of Foreign Minister, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Inaugurates the Event 'A World Free of Chemical Weapons'
www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2455829

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El-Khereiji affirmed that the Kingdom has given ...
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#BiologicalWeapons #1972BWC #India
Need framework to deal with challenge of biological weapons: Jaishankar
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence...

India on Monday pitched for a global mechanism to check any possible misuse of biological weapons in view of the uncertain international ...
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #Victims #UNSG #Statement
Secretary-General's message on the Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
www.un.org/sg/en/conten...

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Yet our work is not finished. The appalling use of chemical weapons has continued, and rapid developments in science and ...
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #OPCW #Syria
Conference tasks Executive Council to assess conditions for restoring Syria’s full OPCW rights
www.opcw.org/media-centre...

The OPCW Executive Council (EC) will decide whether to restore the Syrian Arab Republic’s full rights under the Chemical Weapons Convention. ...
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
#CBRN #ArtificalIntelligence #WeaponDesign
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...

[ #OpenSource - PDF available]
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak ...
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #Disarmament #China #WhitePaper
Full text: China's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era
english.news.cn/20251127/60a...

Document (Word) available for download.
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #OPCW #CSP30 #China
China’s Position Paper on Upholding Multilateralism, Solidarity and Cooperation at the OPCW
www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg...

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In recent years, under the influence of geopolitics, the OPCW has witnessed a growing tendency toward politicization and ...
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#BiologicalWeapons #1972BWC #India #GlobalSouth
India to host international conference on 50th anniversary of Biological Weapons Convention
www.aninews.in/news/world/a...

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"Through discussions with scientific experts, policy makers and diplomats from different countries and representatives...
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
#BiologicalWeapons #Biodefence #Detection
Enhanced Maritime Biological Detection System Provides Biodefense Capability for Sailors in Near-Real Time
www.army.mil/article/2891...

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The system is a software and hardware upgrade to the existing Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS) ...
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #OPCW #CSP30 #Ukraine #Russia
Ukraine elected to OPCW Executive Council, Russia fails again
www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...

Ukraine, Slovakia, and Slovenia have been elected to the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for 2026– ...
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #OPCW #CSP30 #Russia #RiotControl
Russia calls on OPCW to create formal list of riot control agents
tass.com/politics/204...

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"Russia has repeatedly called for taking measures to draw up a list of 17 toxic chemicals classified as riot control agents and once again urges ...
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #OPCW #CSP30 #Iran
Araghchi Warns Against “Militant Unilateralism” at OPCW Conference, Calls for Accountability Over Israel’s Attacks
en.isna.ir/news/1404090...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi delivered a forceful address at the 30th Session of the Conference of ...
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #Incapacitants #1972BWC #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #HumanitarianLaw
Bradford experts warn of rising neuro-weapon threat
www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive...

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The book, Preventing Weaponization of CNS-acting Chemicals: A Holistic Arms Control Analysis ...
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #Poisoning #Agriculture #Israel #SettlerExtremism #Palestine
Settler extremists accused of poisoning flock of sheep near Ramallah
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Settler extremists poisoned a flock of sheep in the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir north of Ramallah in ...
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #EuropeanUnion #OPCW #Assistance #Syria #Ukraine
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/2354 of 20 November 2025 in support of enhancing the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) mission activities related to Syria and Ukraine and enhancing OPCW operational ...
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#BiologicalWeapons #1972BWC #Threats
Redefining Biological Weapons: Expanding the BWC to Incorporate Infrastructure Harm and Cyber-Biothreats
www.nti.org/analysis/art...
[ #OpenSource - PDF available]

The definition of biological weapons in the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) is being ...
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #Poisoning #Allegation #Russia #Disinformation #UkraineRussiaWar️
Ukraine accused of plotting to poison Russian officer with 'British chemical agent'
www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...

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Ukraine has been accused of plotting to poison a high-ranking Russian officer with "beer ...
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #Novichok #Detection #Analysis #Assassination
Detection and analytical challenges of Novichok nerve agents: A review from the perspective of the #Navalny and #Skripal cases
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
[ #OpenSouce - PDF available]

Novichok agents, a class of highly ...
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM