Militarism examined
22 Nov 2021Toxic banter on military forum over Kenyan woman’s death exposes misogyny in British armed forces
An investigation into posts made in wake of the murder of a Kenyan sex worker Agnes Wanjiru include discussions of how the army will brush the death ‘under the carpet’
11 Nov 2021British Special Forces hid evidence of Afghan killings
Senior military officers buried evidence that British troops were executing detainees in Afghanistan, the High Court has been told.
11 Nov 2021Almost three-quarters of asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iraq rejected by British government, study shows
The UK Home Office has rejected thousands of applications from Afghans and Iraqis over a decade of fleeing war, a review of British government asylum data has revealed.
26 Sep 2021AOAV’s report on UK compensation payments for civilian deaths in Afghanistan garners global coverage
AOAV's report in British forces compensation payments for the deaths of at least 289 civilians in Afghanistan is cited worldwide
23 Sep 2021Blood Money: UK Compensation Payments for Afghan Civilian Harm Examined
British forces paid compensation for the deaths of at least 289 civilians in Afghanistan, including as many as 86 children, during their combat mission, according to new analysis by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV).
17 Sep 2021The Digital Dogs of War: inside the DSEI
AOAV's Executive Director visits the DSEI to see how London’s biggest arms trade fair reveals the true face of modern conflict, and why civilians will bear the brunt of this autonomous, distanced new form of warfare
14 Sep 2021How British military spending, plagued by inefficiency and spiralling costs, should be carefully watched at DSEI
As London's largest arms trade fair opens, AOAV looks at recent failures in British government arms procurement serving as a warning from history
3 Sep 2021UK government cannot say if it has trained Indonesian police forces implicated in human rights abuse
A Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Defence found that the Government does not hold information about who it trains in Indonesia
19 Aug 2021Myanmar Police Force were trained by British officers, UK Government admits
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has shown how, under a European Union scheme named Mypol, the two officers visited the politically turbulent country in 2017. The initiative was aimed to help modernise the police force by providing equipment and training. It was suspended by the EU in February this year after Myanmar’s military staged a coup and responded violently to subsequent protests.
6 Aug 2021Military op whose disclosure MOD says ‘threat to national security’ published in British Army Magazines
Two British Army Regiments have published the location of a military operation deemed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) too secret to be revealed, an investigation has found.
- 29 Jul 2021
The UK’s New Elite Regiment & the Evasion of Democracy
Murray Jones explores whether the specialist forces will simply be allowed to fly under the radar
21 Jul 2021UK Gov Launches BattleLab, but questions remain as to what will be “innovated” in its military laboratory
In August 2020, the Ministry of Defence (MOD), in partnership with Dorset Council and Dorset Local Enterprise, launched a new entity called BattleLab. What this conflict laboratory will create, though, is far from clear.