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Killing in the Shadows: the Report
SAS operatives in Afghanistan repeatedly killed detainees and unarmed men in suspicious circumstances: an investigation by AOAV in collaboration with BBC Panorama.
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Britain’s Special Forces on active service in at least 19 countries since 2011
The UK's Special Forces have been reported on operations in almost two dozen countries in just 10 years. Here we outline why this might be concern.
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Shinzo Abe’s assassination and firearm control in Japan
In response to the tragic news of the fatal shooting of the ex-PM of Japan, Shinzo Abe, AOAV outlines a brief history of Japan’s relationships to guns and its strict approach to gun control.
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Knife Crime in London: a summary of an experts’ round table discussion
On the 25th May, 2022, a meeting of experts gathered in London to discuss 'Knife Crime in London'. This is a summary of that Round Table Discussion.
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Ukraine: AOAV explosive violence data on harm to civilians
In the Ukrainian conflict, AOAV – which takes its sources from reputable English language media – has recorded up to the 20 July, 6,424 casualties from explosive weapon use across 698 incidents; this includes some 5,484 civilian casualties (2,361 killed, 3,123 injured).
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Invasion of Ukraine sees 90% increase in ground-launched explosive weapons in towns and cities – new research
A shift to Russian ground-launched weapons in towns and cities a major feature of current Ukrainian war compared to previous conflict, AOAV's new analysis shows
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Explosive Violence Monitor: 2021
In 2021, AOAV recorded 19,473 deaths and injuries as a result of the use of explosive weapons around the world. Civilians continued to suffer disproportionately, accounting for 59% of total casualties, with 11,102 civilian deaths and injuries.
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An Anatomy of the Beirut Port Blast
On 4 August 2020, an enormous explosion occurred at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. More than 200 people were killed and over 6,000 were injured as the blast destroyed residential areas, hospitals and schools. AOAV set out to record and examine the harm caused by this unnecessary tragedy.
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Healthcare under attack
12 MayRussian bombings of hospitals and healthcare
Since 2015, AOAV has recorded 12 incidents of Russian bombings of hospitals, resulting in 124 civilian casualties, 45 of whom were killed and 79 injured.
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Gaza
28 JunAn examination of US and EU weapons used in explosive violence in Gaza, 2021
An analysis of one of the American-made weapons deployed by the IDF - the Mk-84 - a 2,000-pound general-purpose air-dropped bomb that can be fitted with a guidance kit.
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Explosive Weapons
14 JunAdoption of Explosive Weapons Declaration is a major milestone in the protection of civilians
States, civil society, and international organisations will convene in Geneva on June 17 to finalize a landmark international agreement on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
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Special Forces
19 JulAn analysis of where UK Special Forces have been deployed since 2011
A detailed breakdown of UK Special Forces operations since 2011
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Special Forces
13 Jul‘Men Apart, Every Man an Emperor’: the culture of exceptionalism in the UK’s Special Forces examined
AOAV examines the culture of exceptionalism at the heart of Britain's Special Forces and asks what this culture might do to a fighting forces' ethos.
Explosive violence in Ukraine
This category looks at the impact of explosive violence in Ukraine since 2014. In that time, of all civilian casualties by explosive weapon use recorded, 88% were in populated areas.
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AOAV: all our reports
This is a list of all reports published by Action on Armed Violence
Militarism examined
This category looks into militaries and militarism, with a focus on Great Britain. From how the UK became one of the world’s leading arms exporters, to why we continue to export to nations with serious human rights concerns, to investigations into the UK’s armed forces, it seeks to challenge the contradictions and failures of British militarism, and the failure of other nations militaries, today.
Manufactured explosive weapons explained
A brief summary of some of the major weapons types and their impact
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Children and violence
The impact of explosive violence on children is devastating and commonplace. This section examines the short- and long-term effects of explosive weapon use on children around the world.
Environment and explosive violence
AOAV examines the reverberating environmental impacts from the use of explosive weapons.
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Gender and violence
We know that when explosive weapons are used in populated areas over 90% of those killed or injured will be civilians. What is less known is the impact on men and women from such violence. AOAV here examines explosive violence in its different forms, looking especially at its gendered impact on communities
Health and explosive violence
AOAV examines the reverberating impacts from the use of explosive weapons.
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Explosive Violence Monthly Reports
Since 2011, AOAV has been recording the global harm wrought by explosive weapons on civilians. Through monitoring English language media reports, we demonstrate consistent patterns of harm arising from the use of explosive violence, in particular their effects on civilian populations. These reports are issued annually with monthly updates.
