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Dr Iain Overton
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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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This is a story that never ends.
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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UK's "Ministry of Defence made 49 official visits to Israel since 7 October 2023, [..] almost two trips a month."

"[F]our times higher than previously disclosed in Ministry of Defence transparency logs, which showed 12 visits by senior officials."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Military
British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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British military made at least 49 defence trips to Israel during Gaza war

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November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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👉NEW -- British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war

by @iainoverton.bsky.social

Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
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British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Latest British Armed Forces survey reveals the scale of sexualised misconduct

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November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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The Court of Appeal’s refusal to hear Al-Haq’s challenge of the UK’s supply of F-35 components to Israel has is an appalling judgment that shields government arms export decisions from legal scrutiny despite their humanitarian consequences.

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Court of Appeal rejects Al-Haq’s challenge over UK arms exports to Israel - AOAV comments - AOAV
The Court of Appeal’s refusal to hear Al-Haq’s challenge upholding the UK’s continued supply of F-35 components to Israel has been condemned by critics, with AOAV’s Iain Overton calling it “an appalli...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Gun safety unites America: survey finds Republicans, Democrats and gun owners agree on key reforms

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Gun safety unites America: survey finds Republicans, Democrats and gun owners agree on key reforms - AOAV
A new Johns Hopkins survey finds broad bipartisan support among Americans—including most gun owners—for stronger gun safety measures such as licensing, safe storage, and red flag laws, reflecting a gr...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Radicalised masculinity: Incel ideology and the British Armed Forces examined

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Radicalised masculinity: Incel ideology and the British Armed Forces examined - AOAV
The modern military remains a breeding ground for toxic masculinity. Here researcher Myriam Correa examines where institutional misogyny, weak accountability, and the infiltration of online incel ideo...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Trump’s border wars at sea: how the US is turning the Caribbean into a killing zone

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Trump’s border wars at sea: how the US is turning the Caribbean into a killing zone - AOAV
Donald Trump’s boast of striking a “drug boat” off Venezuela exposes how America’s border has become a theatre of lethal sovereignty, where the state redefines law through violence and turns open seas...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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MoD’s annual accounts for 2024/5 receive a ‘qualified audit’. What basis is this for public spending assurances as defence budgets reach new highs?

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MoD's annual accounts for 2024/5 receive a 'qualified audit'. What basis is this for public spending assurances as defence budgets reach new highs? - AOAV
The Ministry of Defence has received a qualified audit opinion after auditors found £6.13 billion in unverifiable assets (mostly linked to the Atomic Weapons Establishment) an overspend of £2.56 billi...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Defence firms gave £178,500 to Westminster APPGs over three years

New by me for @aoav.bsky.social

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Defence firms gave £178,500 to Westminster APPGs over three years - AOAV
Britain’s defence industry has quietly embedded itself in Westminster’s political circles, donating nearly £180,000 to military-linked All-Party Parliamentary Groups between 2023 and 2025, reinforcing...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Bassim Haidar: The ‘Globalist’ Billionaire Bankrolling Britain’s Anti-Globalist Party

Why is ‘anti-globalist’ Reform UK being bankrolled by a globe-trotting billionaire who once advised Amnesty International and the World Economic Forum? Iain Overton

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November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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MoD’s annual accounts for 2024/5 receive a ‘qualified audit’. What basis is this for public spending assurances as defence budgets reach new highs?

aoav.org.uk/2025/mods-an...
MoD's annual accounts for 2024/5 receive a 'qualified audit'. What basis is this for public spending assurances as defence budgets reach new highs? - AOAV
The Ministry of Defence has received a qualified audit opinion after auditors found £6.13 billion in unverifiable assets (mostly linked to the Atomic Weapons Establishment) an overspend of £2.56 billi...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Bassim Haidar: The ‘Globalist’ Billionaire Bankrolling Britain’s Anti-Globalist Party

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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The Lavender precedent: automated kill lists and the limits of International Humanitarian Law

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The Lavender precedent: automated kill lists and the limits of International Humanitarian Law - AOAV
Israel’s AI-driven bombing of Gaza has produced unprecedented civilian death rates and raised grave accusations of genocide and war crimes.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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British Army ends controversial use of white phosphorus in Kenya. Questions of accountability and compensation linger

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British Army ends controversial use of white phosphorus in Kenya. Questions of accountability and compensation linger - AOAV
The British Army has halted the use of white phosphorus munitions in Kenya following a 2022 Declassified UK exposé revealing their deployment on communal lands, but with the underlying licence still a...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Inquiry examines recovered UK Special Forces server data in Afghanistan killings probe after ‘cover-up’ deletion

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Inquiry examines recovered UK Special Forces server data in Afghanistan killings probe after 'cover-up' deletion - AOAV
Britain’s inquiry into alleged Special Forces war crimes has recovered terabytes of data from a deleted military server once thought lost—contradicting Ministry of Defence claims, reviving the Operati...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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High Court sides with secrecy: how Britain’s Afghanistan Inquiry has been predictably dragged further into the shadows in the name of ‘National Security’

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High Court sides with secrecy: how Britain’s Afghanistan Inquiry has been predictably dragged further into the shadows in the name of ‘National Security’ - AOAV
The High Court’s decision to let the Afghanistan Inquiry proceed under a dual closed-material procedure marks a victory for secrecy over scrutiny, ensuring that key evidence about alleged Special Forc...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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“Do Not Join”: the British Army’s misogyny problem is a risk to national-security

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“Do Not Join”: the British Army’s misogyny problem is a risk to national-security - AOAV
After her daughter, Gunner Jaysley Beck, died in barracks months after a mishandled sexual-assault complaint, Leighann McCready said the armed forces still fail to protect recruits and she would not a...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry to defend human rights

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Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
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November 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Trump’s nuclear confusion risks lighting a fuse the world cannot control.

My thoughts for @aoav.bsky.social

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Trump’s nuclear confusion risks lighting a fuse the world cannot control - AOAV
Donald Trump’s call to resume US nuclear weapons testing shatters decades of restraint, risks triggering a new global arms race, and exposes a perilous ignorance of nuclear policy and deterrence.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Israeli military in crisis as Advocate General resigns over rape video leak

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Israeli military in crisis as Advocate General resigns over rape video leak - AOAV
The resignation of Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi over the leaked Sde Teiman rape video exposes not just a personal lapse in judgement but a deeper rot within Israel’s military justice system, w...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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The philosophy of violence: John Paul II and the theodicy of suffering

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The philosophy of violence: John Paul II and the theodicy of suffering - AOAV
John Paul II’s reflections on suffering confront the moral paradox of evil as both a wound and a summons to love, revealing how faith can turn the machinery of violence into a call for human responsib...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM